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$2 million contract aimed at hitting targets long distance in wind
By Jim Mackinnon Beacon Journal business writer
Published on Tuesday, Oct 09, 2007
Lockheed Martin's Akron subsidiary has a new $2 million contract in its cross hairs.
The facility has received funding for a new defense-related project designed to help snipers better hit their targets from long range and under windy conditions.
Lockheed Martin will develop a system that will measure the wind and send a signal to the sniper's scope. The scope will then offset the cross hairs, enabling the sniper to hit a target at very long ranges, the company said Monday.
The ''One Shot System'' is intended to let snipers compensate for cross winds, the company said.
''Winds of 5 to 10 miles per hour significantly decrease the probability of a sniper hitting a target and requiring a second attempt, which increases the sniper's own probability of detection,'' Ron Rex, Lockheed Martin One Shot program manager, said in a prepared statement.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, awarded the $2 million to Lockheed Martin under what is called a nine-month, Phase 1 contract. Lockheed Martin will assign seven technical engineers to the program; no new hires are expected.
Lockheed Martin said it will work with four other specialized companies to develop the system.
In the first phase, the Lockheed Martin team will build a prototype system to demonstrate it can measure wind at long distances. The project does not involve such things as developing new ammunition.
Once the first phase is completed, DARPA will select a One Shot solution from among the prototypes submitted by Lockheed Martin and other companies and award an 18-month contract to build a prototype.
If Lockheed Martin is selected for the second phase, it will then build a prototype at the specified operations size, the company said.
Jim Mackinnon can be reached at 330-996-3544 or jmackinnon@thebeaconjournal.com.
Lockheed Martin's Akron subsidiary has a new $2 million contract in its cross hairs.
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