SELF-CONTAINED SMALL ARMS COMPUTERIZED FIRING FACILITY The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has filed a provisional patent application concerning technologies associated with a self-contained small arms computerized firing facility capable of controlling in excess of twenty-four pop-up e-type (or similar) sulhouettes at distances up to 2000 meters and collecting and time-tagging shot and hit data. The system supports semi-automatic and fully-automatic weapons as well as single and multiple target presentations. Acquired data includes time of shot, time of hit, target range, target presentations, and total shots and hits. The present invention is air operated, using a battery powered electrical solenoid coil to open and close an air valve thereby providing compressed air to an air cylinder causing a silhouette of a human to be presented to, or removed from view of the shooter. Using air as the primary source of power to raise and lower the target reduces the power required at each target location. The electrical hit detecting silhouette only detects metallic projectiles as they pass through the silhouette. This eliminates false hits due to rocks, and gravel striking the silhouette as projectiles impact near the target. This technology is available for licensing by the public. A patent licensing meeting will be held 15 July 1998 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. A non disclosure agreement must be executed by all attendees. To register for this meeting, please go to http://www.fedlabs.org/flc/ma/pl or call Michael Rausa, ARL Technology Transfer Office, (410) 278-5028.

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