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While in the mountains of Afghanistan, some soldiers faced issues adjusting their sights to differing elevations when under fire during an ambush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After hearing this issue, a group of cadets at United States Military Academy West Point in New York sought to fix that problem by signing up for a project called Hindsight, sponsored by Picatinny Arsenal<\/a> in New Jersey. The cadets, David Caddigan, Aiden Looney, Ashton Gaines, Heyward Hutson, dubbed the project \u201ca smart sight for the average soldier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The quartet developed a proof of concept for an automatic optic adjustment attachment for a soldier\u2019s weapon at the academy\u2019s 25th Annual Projects Day Research Symposium on May 2. The project is one of hundreds of research projects presented by students at the academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBasically, if you\u2019re shooting at an incline, you\u2019re going to be impacting quite a bit higher than you want,\u201d Looney told Army Times. \u201cThe goal of this is basically to kind of adjust my sight picture \u2014 or what you\u2019re seeing through your scope \u2014 so that you are actually getting on target when you\u2019re shooting up a hill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The issue with in-the-moment adjustments has to do with the trajectory of rounds \u2014 and the pace at which a soldier can compensate and calculate in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe trajectory of an M4 round is not a straight line,\u201d Caddigan explained. \u201cIt\u2019s more of a parabolic \u2014 going up and then back down. When you\u2019re shooting up a hill, that\u2019s gonna throw them off based on different gravity and distance as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A soldier\u2019s rifle is traditionally zeroed for one distance or elevation, but the cadets\u2019 proof of concept allows for a rifle to constantly reset, Caddigan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hindsight uses a ballistics computer \u2014 attached to the side of the rifle \u2014 where a gyroscope measures the tilt and pitch of the weapon. That data going into the computer gets calculated through algorithms designed by Looney to enable motor movements that micro-adjust the sight to where the bullet is predicted to be shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cadet Ashton Gaines speaks with attendees at the research symposium. (Ty Trotter\/West Point)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The group spent five months working on the <\/b>specific model they presented to the public, after deciding to use currently fielded scopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with any experiments and inventions, there were some setbacks and issues to solve. The students only found the correct sized motor for the proof of concept three weeks before the project was presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the future of Hindsight, it will take another group of cadets to carry the project out of the proof of concept phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe presented the device to the math department and \u2026 to some of the mechanical engineering [faculty],\u201d Caddigan said. \u201cOne of the math advisors \u2026 thought it was a really interesting concept, because it\u2019s something he experienced when he was deployed and seeing how inaccurate it is shooting around barriers and shooting up and down mountains.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut we\u2019re still at kind of a proof of concept stage to where it\u2019s still a little bit larger than you want on a rifle,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cadets, who will be graduating later this month, haven\u2019t heard what the future holds for the project. If another group of cadets pick up where they left off, though, the cadets had a few ideas of what issues might need tinkering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019d be important to work into debugging the code and interacting more fluidly and gently with the motors, just because there\u2019s some feedback that\u2019s kind of making some slightly inaccurate adjustments,\u201d Caddigan told Army Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their sponsors at Picatinny Arsenal<\/a> also offered the idea of a different power supply for the project, which would reduce the size of the ballistic computer, if the project is continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correction: A previous version of this article misstated where Picatinny Arsenal was located. It is based in New Jersey. Additionally, this article has been updated to note that a round fired at an incline would impact higher than intended.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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