Miniaturized day/night sight in Soldato Futuro program

Alberto Landini; Alessandro Cocchi; Riccardo Bardazzi; Mauro Sardelli; Stefano Puntri

doi:10.1117/12.2015814

11 June 2013 Miniaturized day/night sight in Soldato Futuro program

Alberto Landini, Alessandro Cocchi, Riccardo Bardazzi, Mauro Sardelli, Stefano Puntri

Proceedings Volume 8704, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIX; 87040O (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015814
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

The market of the sights for the 5.56 mm assault rifles is dominated by mainly three types of systems: TWS (Thermal Weapon Sight), the Pocket Scope with Weapon Mount and the Clip-on. The latter are designed primarily for special forces and snipers use, while the TWS design is triggered mainly by the DRI (Detection, Recognition, Identification) requirements. The Pocket Scope design is focused on respecting the SWaP (Size, Weight and Power dissipation) requirements. Compared to the TWS systems, for the last two years there was a significant technological growth of the Pocket Scope/Weapon Mount solutions, concentrated on the compression of the overall dimensions. The trend for the assault rifles is the use of small size/light weight (SWaP) IR sights, suitable mainly for close combat operations but also for extraordinary use as pocket scopes – handheld or helmet mounted. The latest developments made by Selex ES S.p.A. are responding precisely to the above-mentioned trend, through a miniaturized Day/Night sight embedding state-of-the art sensors and using standard protocols (USB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.0) for interfacing with PDAs, Wearable computers, etc., while maintaining the “shoot around the corner” capability. Indeed, inside the miniaturized Day/Night sight architecture, a wireless link using Bluetooth technology has been implemented to transmit the video streaming of the rifle sight to an helmet mounted display. The video of the rifle sight is transmitted only to the eye-piece of the soldier shouldering the rifle.

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Alberto Landini, Alessandro Cocchi, Riccardo Bardazzi, Mauro Sardelli, and Stefano Puntri "Miniaturized day/night sight in Soldato Futuro program", Proc. SPIE 8704, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIX, 87040O (11 June 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015814

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