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TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Having eyes on <\/a>the battlefield <\/a>can mean the difference between hitting the right or wrong target, <\/a>or even hitting the target at all, which is why U.S. special operators are looking to upgrade a host of optics items<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those include a new close-quarters scope, clear glass that can display data and a solution to the vexing problem of fogged-up lens. More specifically, Special Operations Command wants to replace its SU-231 and SU-231A enhanced close-quarters weapon sights, a lieutenant colonel with the command\u2019s lethality office said Tuesday at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Per media coverage rules at this conference, names of representatives at or below the rank of O-5 cannot be identified due to the sensitive nature of their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Su-231 technology is a holographic sight that projects a dot into the shooter\u2019s field of view on the weapon\u2019s sight glass, but it\u2019s not visible on the actual target. The sight is a quick-target and aiming-point device, and it\u2019s a substantial improvement on open sights and traditional scopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the bearded door kickers want more, and they\u2019re going to release details to industry in either July or August. For now, the command is willing to publicly say it wants to \u201cincorporate some of the visual augmentation, being able to display data in a see-through screen,\u201d the O-5 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The officer added that SOCOM wants the shooter to be able to see relevant data such as range to target or an azimuth for better situational awareness. \u201cYou won\u2019t have to raise your eyes from your reticle to get the range to your target,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd it will obviously have to be configurable because not every operator wants stuff in his glass,\u201d the officer added. \u201cLots of operators hate that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marine with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, the Battalion Landing Team for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, goes through a close-quarters marksmanship circuit aboard USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52). (Cpl. F. Cordoba\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In other words, the user must be able to turn that feature on and off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sight would hopefully be available in the near term. The Army recently contracted with Vortex Optics and Sheltered Wings to provide the Next Generation Squad Weapon-Fire Control, Army Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That weapon sight will feed ballistics calculator data, directions and networking to other devices on the Army\u2019s newest rifle and machine gun combo, the NGSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The command is also looking to add visual augmentation in a clear glass during daytime. Current and forthcoming night vision as well as items such as the Army\u2019s Integrated Visual Augmentation System offer a lot of digital data in the sight at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The command also wants it thin enough to fit under existing night vision tech. That\u2019s because SOCOM just bought a lot of night vision devices, and its personnel won\u2019t be getting anymore for at least a few years, the officer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That \u201cGoogle Glass\u201d-type proposal is going out to industry by the end of this year or early next year, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another representative from the command\u2019s survival, support and equipment systems office, said they\u2019re looking for a lens solution of a different kind. That individual cited a perennial problem: fogging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been no real gamechanger in anti-fog,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery lens, every coating that we\u2019ve ever tested at some point always fogs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The representative did not share a specific request for proposals item or schedule, but did ask for industry solutions in open submission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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