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Saturday, July 12, 2014

EXACTO Demonstrates First-Ever Guided .50-Caliber Bullets


DARPA’s Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program recently conducted the first successful live-fire tests demonstrating in-flight guidance of .50-caliber bullets.

This video shows EXACTO rounds maneuvering in flight to hit targets that are offset from where the sniper rifle is aimed.

EXACTO’s specially designed ammunition and real-time optical guidance system help track and direct projectiles to their targets by compensating for weather, wind, target movement and other factors that could impede successful hits.

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