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TrackingPoint Releases The NightEagle 5.56 Semi-Auto Precision-Guided Rifle

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TrackingPoint, the company we want to admire (qualified admiration due to their financial troubles) for their targeting technology that allows any person armed with a TrackingPoint Rifle to become a deadly shooter with not much training has unveiled their latest rifle. The NightEagle 5.56 Semi-Automatic Rifle is basically M600 Squad Level Precision Guided 5.56 Service Rifle, but it is equipped with Night Vision.

Having a range of 400 yards, the Night Eagle incorporates an infrared sensitive CMOS sensor. Depending on the strength of the IR Illuminator, this allows the shooter to engage targets up to 200 yards at night. With the RapidLok Target Acquisition and Fire Control, the shooter pulls the trigger which engages target tracking and upon completing the trigger pull, the rifle is fired with the target being hit. This process of target acquisition, tracking and elimination has a Time-To-Kill (TTK) of 2.5 seconds.

RapidLok also has image stabilization usually seen in stills and video cameras, and the benefit of this is being accurate when doing off-hand shooting or shooting on the move.  And since we mentioned video, the NightEagle can record and save video, with voice annotation for the shooter to use to describe the situation of the shooting scenario that can be shared later on.

Now, with their ShotGlass Technology, the shooter can use the NightEagle without being exposed. The information and video is displayed on the ShotGlass, an eyewear that has a heads up display. Hiding behind cover, the shooter can then  acquire and shoot a target without the need to be exposed just to operate the rifle.

For interested buyers, the price for the NightEagle is US$7,995 for the first 100 orders and then it will be US$10,490.00. For those who do not have a budget, a financing scheme can be availed and the rifle can be paid for in 48 months. As for those who might want an airsoft version, unfortunately, the cost would still be prohibitive due to tracking and night vision technology used.

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