A remote weapon control device for controlling a weapon having a photographing device is provided. The remote weapon control device includes: a communication interface configured to receive an image captured by the photographing device; an object extractor configured to extract objects from the image; a target extractor configured to extract targets from the objects; a shooting order determinator configured to determine an order of the targets for shooting; and a control signal generator configured to generate a shooting control signal for controlling the weapon to shoot the targets in the determined order.

A network of scopes, including one or more lead scopes and one or more follower scopes, is provided to allow scope operators of the respective scopes to track the same presumed target. A lead scope locates a target and communicates target position data of the presumed target to the follower scope. The follower scope uses the target position data and its own position data to electronically generate indicators for use to prompt the operator of the follower scope to make position movements so as to re-position the follower scope from its current target position to move towards the target position defined by the target position data received from the lead scope.

A network of scopes, including one or more lead scopes and one or more follower scopes, is provided to allow scope operators of the respective scopes to track the same presumed target. A lead scope locates a target and communicates target position data of the presumed target to the follower scope. The follower scope uses the target position data and its own position data to electronically generate indicators for use to prompt the operator of the follower scope to make position movements so as to re-position the follower scope from its current target position to move towards the target position defined by the target position data received from the lead scope.

The invention relates to a system to increase the effectiveness of direct fire weapon systems in targeting and destroying a target utilizing the military's existing direct fire weapon systems. The invention consists of a network which communicates with the devices of the invention and that are capable of directing the fire to a specific location.

A tactical awareness system. The system includes a plurality of soldiers affiliated with a friendly force, where each soldier has a man-worn computer, a Global Positioning System (GPS) device for determining a location of the soldier, and a smart camera for capturing an image. The plurality of soldiers communicates wirelessly with each other via a network. The location of each soldier is distributed to all soldiers affiliated with the friendly force via the network. The smart camera captures an image when activated by one of the plurality of soldiers and a target image recognition module is used for determining if an enemy or friendly force is identified in a captured image by the smart camera. Furthermore, each smart camera includes a Camera Orientation Module (COM) for obtaining the orientation relative to a known three-dimensional coordinate system of the smart camera.

A winged external guidance frame placed on the muzzle that can couple with a projectile while exiting the barrel utilizing the kinetic energy of the projectile to travel to the target while the accuracy is provided by on board electronics and corrected using the wings. Alternately a reusable unmanned aerial system that travels in the speed and direction of the projectile and couples with the projectile as it exits the barrel.

A firearm monitoring and remote support system monitors firearms and other assets within a deployment location to detect threats to users of the firearms and to perform actions in response to the threats. Measurements recorded using sensors of the firearms and/or of the other assets are used to determine changes in motion, position, orientation, and/or operation of the firearms and/or of the other assets. The measurements are processed to determine the nature of a threat and the particular actions to perform in response thereto. Graphical user interfaces visualizing the users within the deployment location are updated using the measurements to show, in real-time, positions and orientations of cones of fire for the users within the deployment location. In some cases, the cones of fire may be used to detect threats within the deployment location. In some cases, the actions to perform in response to a detected threat may be automated.

A system can include an optical device and an accessory device. The optical device can include a housing, an objective lens at a first end of the housing and supported by the housing, an ocular lens at a second end of the housing and supported by the housing, and an optical path defined from the objective lens through the housing to the ocular lens, and a display device supported by the housing proximate the second end of the housing. The display device can include a display, hardware logic circuitry to process display data and to display the display data on the display, an input port, and a display holder to position the display in the optical path in the presence of a signal from the accessory device and to position the display out of the optical path in the absence of a signal from the accessory device.

Man portable weapons include integrated electronics that that may be integrated into any suitable location within the envelope of the weapon such as the buttstock. The electronics may be integrated within the main components of any suitable man portable weapon in a non-intrusive way as to have no effect on the firing mechanism of the small arm when it is fully assembled.

An electronic device determines target information about a target and recommends a target based on the target information.