Hackaday

Retrotechtacular: Fire Control Computers In Navy Ships

Here is a two-part Navy training film from 1953 that describes the inner workings of mechanical fire control computers. It covers seven mechanisms: shafts, gears, cams, differentials, component ...
Hackaday

fire control computer

Here is a two-part Navy training film from 1953 that describes the inner workings of mechanical fire control computers. It covers seven mechanisms: shafts, gears, cams, differentials, component ...
usace.army.mil

Development of firing tables for accuracy stretches back more than 100 years

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, which took place in November 2018, also marks more than 100 years of development of firing tables and related ...
AFCEA

Constellation to Deliver Crucial Fire-Control Sensing Data

The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded a key contract to El Segundo, California-based Millennium Space Systems under an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) award. Under the firm fixed-price ...
Task & Purpose

The Army is adopting a ‘guaranteed hit’ smart fire control system to knock drones out of the sky

The Army has selected Smart Shooter to furnish the service with its unique 'guaranteed hit' fire control system as an interim counter-unmanned aerial systems solution, the service announced By Jared ...
Task & Purpose

2 firearms companies are teaming up to make the ‘Halo’ arsenal a reality

Editor’s note: the Task & Purpose gear team is reporting from SHOT Show 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or send us an email at thegearlocker@taskandpupose.com ...