Back in May, things were looking grim for Austin-based TrackingPoint. The company, which manufactures Linux-powered smart rifles capable of nailing moving targets more than a thousand yards away, had ...

Smart guns aren’t exactly a popular topic in consumer electronics. But TrackingPoint made an appearance at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show with a Wi-Fi networked sniper scope that can lock on ...

LAS VEGAS — Using Wi-Fi, two security researchers found a way to subvert a computer-aided sniper rifle. Computer security researchers Runa Sandvik and her husband Michael Auger hacked a TrackingPoint ...

Many former TrackingPoint employees say you can spell death with three letters: BRS. TrackingPoint had a stunning product. Launched in 2011, the startup was a gun manufacturer building rifles designed ...

Put a computer on a sniper rifle, and it can turn the most amateur shooter into a world-class marksman. But add a wireless connection to that computer-aided weapon, and you may find that your smart ...

Across the top of TrackingPoint’s website is the statement: “Due to financial difficulty TrackingPoint will no longer be accepting orders.” This is the company that made news in 2013 when it used ...

A new $13,000 rifle from a Texas company can lock onto a target and guide bullets — at night. Chambered in 7.62 mm, the TrackingPoint NightDragon is a kind of "super rifle" built on the AR-15 platform ...

May 27, 2019: Since early 2018 Israel has been seeking weapons capable of taking down fire kite and fire balloon attacks from Gaza. The latest weapon to take down these wind-driven incendiary devices ...

A new rifle goes on sale on Wednesday, and it's not like any other. It uses lasers and computers to make shooters very accurate. A startup gun... A New 'Smart Rifle' Decides When To Shoot And Rarely ...

The precision grenade launching XM25 destroys the value of cover. Built-in targeting lasers, infrared sights and a ballistic computer calculate the exact location of the target so the weapon can fire ...

The US Army is in the process of testing new “smart rifle” scopes that seek to improve shooter accuracy, through technology that lets the user plant a virtual tag on their target to allow for better ...

At CES 2013, thanks to a company called TrackingPoint, hunting rifles can now be considered a piece of consumer electronics. Starting at $17,000, TrackingPoint is launching a range of Precision Guided ...