Thursday, October 4, 2007

Excalibur: GPS Guided Artillery Developed by Raytheon


Raytheon has developed the first of its kind GPS guided artillery which is ready for deployment in Kuwait after 8 years of research and development.
The artillery was tested in Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. During the test 13 out of 14 managed to hit targets with only 10 meters of error when fired from a distance of 24 km, even when it was aimed 15 degrees off target.
But the major concern for anything that runs on GPS signals is that these signals can be easily hampered by clouds and rain.
Via: Gizmodo