An exercise to be conducted in the U.S. military will test glasses that allow for long-range shooting, glider operation and communication with aircraft • The military is interested in equipping 400,000 fighters in the system
Warriors practice with the glasses
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The U.S. military will conduct a wide-ranging combat exercise this month, in which it will massively test for the first time the smart combat goggles that have been developed for several years.
In an exercise to be held in Portfort, Virginia, a combat force will be purified at night using the innovative glasses.
According to the publication in "Defense News", if the exercise is successful, no less than 400,000 fighters will be equipped with the innovative glasses.
Current smart goggles have communication capabilities between the fighters in the field and fighter pilots as well as between the Marines and the forces on their mother ships.
This channeling allows both parties to get real-time information and the other party’s point of view.
In addition to these capabilities, what now catches the interest in the system is the fact that they can bounce off the soldier's health, his heat condition, the amount of oxygen in his blood and other other parameters including his fatigue.
These capabilities were not planned in advance to be available on the devices, and they still have various limitations, but the corona plague has pushed the U.S. military to advance them to the devices already.
The devices also include a component that allows any fighter to fly a micro-glider and control it and thus get a wider view of the battlefield closest to it without being exposed at all.
Brigadier General Patos, one of the leaders of the exercise, noted in a conversation with Defense News that "the glasses will allow the fighter to perform their missions better, including patrolling, fighting and assisting in attacking targets."
Among other things, the glasses will allow you to see through smoke and lock a target as an airplane locks its intentions on a target.
In addition, the fighters will be allowed to shoot from a hideout or a "zigzag", with only the weapon exposed.
The US military notes that one of the great advantages of the system is in extending the shooting ability of the fighters from 300 meters to a distance of up to 900 meters.
Along with these capabilities, the glasses will have the ability to recognize faces and translate conversations and texts from different languages into English.
Devices will be able to identify points on a map and mark for their friends where there is an enemy and where there is a friend and they will be able to share a virtual map of the battlefield between their friends and the unit.
The system includes not only the glasses but a wearable computer and powerful and advanced batteries that will allow activity over time.
After the initial exercise to be performed this month, the fighters will move to Alaska to test the smart glasses in harsh cold conditions and in the jungles of Puerto Rico or Panama.
If the new system, whose preliminary generation for extended night vision was introduced as early as 2017, will produce 1,600 units that will be tested during a total of four stages towards mass production of the new technology in the amount of 400,000 for the various U.S. military units.