{"id":49209,"date":"2021-09-10T12:30:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T09:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=49209"},"modified":"2025-09-02T11:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:29:19","slug":"israel-develops-ai-system-to-extend-assault-rifle-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/israel-develops-ai-system-to-extend-assault-rifle-capabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel develops AI system to extend assault rifle capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Israeli company, Elbit Systems<a href=\\\"https:\/\/elbitsystems.com\/pr-new\/elbit-systems-unveils-arcas-ai-powered-computerized-solution-for-assault-rifles\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\\\"> \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430<\/a> ARCAS AI-powered system, which makes rifle fire easier for soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>The unit comprises a sight attachment and a helmet-mounted eyepiece, enabling soldiers in real time to track battle information.<\/p>\n<p>ARCAS provides the following capabilities:<\/p>\n<ul class=\\\"wp-block-list\\\">\n<li>range to the target;<\/li>\n<li>automatic ballistic correction;<\/li>\n<li>detection of firing sources and movement;<\/li>\n<li>firing from around corners and from the hip;<\/li>\n<li>identification of friendly and hostile targets;<\/li>\n<li>tracking ammunition levels;<\/li>\n<li>weapon zeroing without the need for live-fire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The system operates thanks to an AI-equipped microcomputer integrated into the forward handguard of the assault rifle. It processes all data that enters the soldier&#8217;s field of view, as well as information about the rifle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\\\">\n<ul class=\\\"blocks-gallery-grid\\\">\n<li class=\\\"blocks-gallery-item\\\">\n<figure><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"338\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elbit-Systems-ARCAS-AI-Powered-Computerized-Solution-for-Assault-Rifles_s.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Israel develops an AI system to extend assault rifle capabilities\\\" data-id=\\\"148880\\\" data-full-url=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elbit-Systems-ARCAS-AI-Powered-Computerized-Solution-for-Assault-Rifles_s.jpg\\\" data-link=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/?attachment_id=148880\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-148880\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elbit-Systems-ARCAS-AI-Powered-Computerized-Solution-for-Assault-Rifles_s.jpg 600w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elbit-Systems-ARCAS-AI-Powered-Computerized-Solution-for-Assault-Rifles_s-300x169.jpg 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\\\" \/\\><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\\\"blocks-gallery-item\\\">\n<figure><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"768\\\" height=\\\"432\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/using-ARCAS-and-eyepiece-to-identify-underground-targets-in-covert-position-behind-the-corner-768x432-1.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Israel develops an AI system to extend assault rifle capabilities\\\" data-id=\\\"148881\\\" data-full-url=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/using-ARCAS-and-eyepiece-to-identify-underground-targets-in-covert-position-behind-the-corner-768x432-1.jpg\\\" data-link=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/?attachment_id=148881\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-148881\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/using-ARCAS-and-eyepiece-to-identify-underground-targets-in-covert-position-behind-the-corner-768x432-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/using-ARCAS-and-eyepiece-to-identify-underground-targets-in-covert-position-behind-the-corner-768x432-1-300x169.jpg 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\\\" \/\\><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><figcaption class=\\\"blocks-gallery-caption\\\">A rifle equipped with the ARCAS system. Data: Elbit Systems.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Combat information is presented to the soldier as an augmented reality layer over the landscape visible through the sight or eyepiece. Soldiers operate the system using a joystick button located on the forward handguard of the rifle.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Oren Sabag, CEO of Elbit Systems, ARCAS will increase the effectiveness and survivability of infantry and special forces.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in July, Israel<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/israel-deploys-the-worlds-first-ai-guided-drone-swarm-in-real-combat\"> deployed an AI-powered drone swarm in real combat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In late May, Israeli forces said that<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/drone-kills-a-person-robot-enrols-at-university-and-other-ai-news\"> they used artificial intelligence and supercomputers in an 11-day conflict<\/a> in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the UN documented the first known case<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/drone-kills-a-person-robot-enrols-at-university-and-other-ai-news\"> of a combat drone attack on a person<\/a> without a direct order from the operator.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram:<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogAI\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\\\"> ForkLog AI<\/a> \u2014 all the news from the world of AI!<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Israeli company, Elbit Systems, presented the ARCAS AI-powered system that eases rifle firing for soldiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,734,1670],"class_list":["post-49209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-israel","tag-weapons"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"30","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49210,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49209\/revisions\/49210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}