The submitted NGSW-FC optic includes a range-finding system, ballistic compensation and sensors to detect environmental conditions. If deployed it will speed effective target engagement for Soldiers.

The Vortex Optics NGSW-FC, dubbed the XM157 ... the Low Powered Variable Optic (LPVO) features a display overlay, laser rangefinder, ballistic solver, environmental sensors, aiming lasers ...

That’s one reason the NGSW Fire Control will eventually replace the close combat optic, rifle combat optic and machine gun optic within the close combat fighting force. That force is primarily ...

Defense contractor L3Harris announced last week that it had delivered 115 production prototypes and “conducted training” for its Next Generation Squad Weapon Fire Control (NGSW-FC) solution ...

Vortex apparently took the company's military-grade Razor rifle scope, a low power variable optic, and paired it with a ballistic computer and laser rangefinder. NGSW-FC attaches to the M1913 ...

The new optic is not meant to be used with the Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon, a new 6.8mm system intended to replace the M4A1 and M249 squad automatic weapon in close-combat units. The NGSW ...

The NGSW-FC will replace the close combat optic, rifle combat optic and machine gun optic. But neither the optic nor the weapon will be “pure fleeted” anytime soon, meaning all soldiers and ...

The engagement focused on user acceptance, load carriage and integration with the XM157 Fire Control optic produced by Vortex ... Assistant Product Manager, NGSW A Soldier with the 75th Ranger ...

Vortex Optics has received a potential $2.7 billion follow-on other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army to produce fire controls for next-generation weapons systems. The company will also ...

The NGSW-FC integrates several advanced technologies, “including a variable magnification optic, backup etched reticle, laser rangefinder, ballistic calculator, atmospheric sensor suite ...

The XM7 and XM250 were equipped with the XM157 Fire Control System, the optic that was selected for the NGSW. In the video, Sgt. Marcus Colston shares his experience in the live fire from ...