Phase II year
2023
(last award dollars: 1730116132)
Phase II Amount
$1,313,456
When engaging targets at long distance, time matters: enemies may only be visible for a few seconds at a time and snipers need the ability to deliver accurate, lethal fire in those fleeting seconds. The LA-24/PEQ Precision Aiming Laser (PAL) system is a game changing piece of technology that runs the industry-leading Applied Ballistics (AB) solver directly onboard, providing a sniper with a firing solution onscreen instantly after ranging a target. The limitation of the PAL is that it has a small OLED display and is usually mounted above the rifle scope, which means that the display is obscured by the elevation turret of the rifle scope. The result is that in order to read and use the firing solution, the sniper must break from his firing position to look at the display before engaging the target, costing him valuable time to get rounds on target. nVision's proposed DAAS will tie its existing electronics, which nVision has thoroughly tested and implemented firmware for, to NewSight Reality's new clear substrate display technology. This display will mount directly on the back end of the eyepiece, allowing the user to see through it and still view his targets downrange. As data comes in from the PAL, the display will illuminate the pixels to display that info to the user so that he can read the firing solution, hold off appropriately using his reticle and fire on this target quickly without having to look outside of the rifle scope eyepiece. nVision's DAAS will include all of the sensors needed to measure parameters necessary for the ballistics calculation, including temperature, pressure, humidity, heading, cant and incline. The DAAS will onboard Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connectivity to external devices, including smartphone apps, the AB Ballistics ATAK plugin and Kestrel weathermeters.
