By: Kelsey Atherton
The wars of the 21st century volition last fought alongside the aid of a horde of robotic eyes.
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Leonardo DRS announced Oct. 8 that it was the recipient of upward to $800 ane 1000 1000 inwards funding from the Department of Defense for dry reason fight electro-optical/infrared systems. Those electro-optical/infrared systems are the sensors that volition scout the battlefields of the future, transmitting what they come across to humans safely ensconced inwards armor, or observing the vehicles remotely, to a greater extent than or less stride removed from the danger of only watching alongside bare eyes. Those robot sensors include horizontal technology scientific discipline integration second-generation FLIR, for dry reason vehicles, which Leonardo boasts every bit providing “armored vehicle crews alongside the might to come across clearly, regardless of lite level, adverse weather condition conditions, in addition to battlefield smoke in addition to dust.” In to a greater extent than or less other contract, Leonardo volition render stabilized infrared photographic television receiver camera sensors for fix on breaching vehicles. While nigh armored vehicles are designed to confront to a greater extent than or less danger, the fix on breaching vehicles are built to clear paths through minefields in addition to over explosives, in addition to then anything that puts to a greater extent than distance betwixt the humans inwards the vehicles in addition to the danger is good.
Other contracts from Leonardo include a lightweight Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation targeting organisation to guide precision munitions, a thermal weapon sight for SOCOM in addition to Marine snipers, in addition to a household unit of measurement of uncooled infrared weapon sights for the U.S.A. Army. Of those, the nigh stand-out futuristic characteristic is that might of the improved nighttime observation device thermal weapon sight to “import information in addition to export images,” adding a hint of information collection in addition to analytics to the frail exercise of putting a bullet inwards a soul from far away.
Taken altogether, the Leonardo DRS contracts are both less in addition to to a greater extent than than they seem. They are, kickoff in addition to foremost, a snapshot of ane company’s recent portfolio success, a trouble organisation happy that trouble organisation is well. When it comes to the actual applications of the products sold, it is instead a cardinal constituent of agreement time to come war, where vision itself volition last mediated inwards existent fourth dimension past times cameras in addition to information processing. It’s a fix of super-human capabilities inwards the works, in addition to besides a potential novel house for vulnerabilities to manifest, if basic cybersecurity isn’t taken into account.
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