Maybe you’ve heard about a new class of riflescope, optics that use electronics and wireless technology to help with the main job a scope is ­designed to do: consistently place bullets in a very small ...

June 12, 2020: U.S. SOCOM (Special Operations Command) has purchased 98 Israeli SMASH 2000 systems for their M4 rifles. This seen as a solution to the increasing ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the ...

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 ...

Army and Marine optics researchers are looking for ways to remove as many variables from shooting as possible to improve accuracy. And at least one company is well on its way to advancing many of ...

LAS VEGAS -- Smart rifle-maker TrackingPoint Inc. has teamed with Recon Instruments to sync imagery from its high-tech scope system directly into protective glasses, an official said. The Austin, ...

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 ...

Pflugerville company releases white paper arguing for greater use of its high-tech guns by the military. TrackingPoint Inc., the Pflugerville-based manufacturer of computer-aimed rifles, is ramping up ...

As solders on the ground — like the U.S. special forces operating in Syria and Iraq right now — engage more with insurgent groups instead of traditional armies, the role of a sniper becomes a bigger ...

The troubled high-tech rifle maker abruptly entered receivership in May after boasting of exponential growth. TrackingPoint Inc. is getting a second shot at the high-tech rifle business, though it's ...

LAS VEGAS, USA – A dive into a gun-loving side of US culture by a pair of computer security researchers led them to hack into a digitally-enhanced sniper rifle. Husband and wife hackers Michael Auger ...

A husband and wife hacking team have revealed how they hacked into a $US13,000 digitally enhanced sniper rifle and forced it to change its target. Computer security ...