Adapting Tactical Fire-Control for Indirect Fire Weapons in Live Training

Posted by Will Dillingham on Oct 26, 2021 4:48:01 PM

Live Training, Limits of Today

“Train as you fight, fight as you train”, that is a mantra that has circulated in the live training community for 30+ years. Simply put, the training a soldier does should ultimately be 100% representative of what they do in the fight. Whatever cannot be simulated properly in training is unlikely to be performed adequately in battle.

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Topics: Insider, orientation, OptoWOM, Military, Army

Gyroscopes and the History of Stabilization for Remote Weapons Stations

Posted by Will Dillingham on May 11, 2020 5:43:09 PM

 

What is a Remote Weapons Station?

A Remote Weapons Station (RWS) is a remotely operated weapons platform that utilizes light and medium caliber artillery shells. Typically, an RWS contains sensing components (angular rates, accelerations, etc.), motor drives, a turret, and a computer. Today, companies like Electro Optic Systems Pty Ltd are patenting next generation Electro Optic RWS that are gyro-stabilized, combat ready, and built for precision targeting(1).

Since the two most important characteristics for an RWS are aiming speed and accuracy, advanced methods of stabilization are required to ensure that targets are correctly dealt with. The most important component in this task is the gyroscope.

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Topics: Insider, Stabilization, Aiming, Pointing, orientation

Affordable and Hassle-Free Solutions for Obsolete Sensors

Posted by Inertial Labs on Mar 23, 2020 3:29:11 PM

 

Affordable and Hassle-Free Solutions for Obsolete Sensors

Companies that adopted the first microelectromechanical (MEMS) accelerometers and inertial measurement sensors in the 1990s have struggled to find affordable solutions to replace sensors that have been discontinued due to the advent of newer technologies. Although the newer generations of sensors feature exponential performance improvements and are available at a drastically reduced cost, they often are not configured to work with existing software, interfaces, or housing. However, with MEMS devices now being able to compete with many fiber-optic systems, a new market is on the rise for replacing dated sensors that may or may not be commercially available anymore. Inertial Labs offers options to customize sensors so that customers don’t need to invest time to make them fit into existing systems

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Topics: Insider, Motion Capture, Stabilization, orientation


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