2011 headquarters austin texas united states website tracking point.com trackingpoint is an american austin texas based applied technology company that created the first precision guided firearm pgf a long range rifle system . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 military use 3 technology 4 references 5 external links history edit the first pgf was developed by trackingpoint an austin texas based applied technology company formed by john mchale in february 2011 . the first pgf prototype was created in march 2011 . the company officially launched a publicly available product in january 2013 . 3 the company rolled out a second publicly available product the ar series semi automatic smart rifle in january 2014 . 4 bolt action systems are 16 995.00 currently available in .338 lapua magnum and plan to release a .300 winchester magnum in 2017 . semi automatic systems cost between 6 995 and 15 995 and are available in 7.62 nato 5.56 nato and .300 blk . in april 2016 the company unveiled the m1400 a squad level .338 lapua bolt action rifle able to engage targets out to 1 400 yards 1 280 m . the system can hit targets traveling at 20 mph 32 km h in an acquisition to engagement time of 2.5 seconds . the rifle is 45 in 110 cm long with a 22 in 560 mm barrel weighing 15.4 lb 7.0 kg . it can be used with the company s shotglass wearable glasses that transits what the scope is seeing to the shooter s eye . retail price is 16 995 and it will be available to military homeland security and qualified citizens in september 2016 . 5 6 military use edit in january 2014 the u.s. army purchased six trackingpoint fire control systems to begin exploring purported key target acquisition and aiming technologies . 7 the army has integrated the system onto the xm2010 enhanced sniper rifle for military testing . 8 technology edit the trackingpoint xs1 a precision guided firearm screenshot from the heads up display of a trackingpoint precision guided firearm trackingpoint s precision guided firearms system uses several component technologies networked tracking scope the core engine that tracks the target calculates range and the ballistic solution and works in concert with the shooter and guided trigger to release the shot . 9 10 barrel reference system a fixed reference point that enables the networked tracking scope to make adjustments and retain zero over time . the barrel reference system is factory calibrated to a laser reference . 11 guided trigger the rifle s trigger is hard wired to the networked tracking scope . the networked tracking scope controls the trigger weight to eliminate trigger squeeze and shot timing errors . 12 field software upgradeable software can be uploaded to the scope to add capability . 13 heads up display hud the hud indicates range wind reticle video storage gauge zoom and battery life plus lrf icon wi fi on off icon compass icon cant wheel inclination wheels and off screen indicators . 9 14 recording an integrated camera captures video and still images from the networked tracking scope and heads up display . recorded images can be downloaded to a smartphone or tablet from the scope and transmitted via email or social media . 15 references edit rothman wilson jan. 10 2013 . futuristic rifle turns novice into sharpshooter . nbc news . retrieved jan. 20 2013 . murphy samantha jan. 11 2013 . trackingpoint is world s first smart hunting rifle . mashable . retrieved jan. 20 2013 . the trackingpoint story . trackingpoint website . retrieved jan. 20 2013 . trackingpoint announces new ar series rifles trackingpoint website . retrieved march 4 2014 . tracking point s new squad level rifle kitup.military.com 20 april 2016 trackingpoint reveals the m1400 precision guided firearm armyrecognition.com 22 april 2016 army testing trackingpoint smart rifle tech kitup.military.com 27 january 2014 army testing smart scope on .300 win mag sniper rifle kitup.military.com 14 march 2014 a b takahashi dean jan. 13 2013 . trackingpoint s wi fi networked sniper scope can lock on targets from afar and stream gun sight video . venturebeat . retrieved jan. 20 2013 . wawro alex jan. 9 2013 . the hunting rifle of the future is here at ces . pc world . retrieved jan. 20 2013 . barrell reference system . trackingpoint website . retrieved jan. 20 2013 . hutchinson lee jan. 9 2013 . 17 000 linux powered rifle brings auto aim to the real world . ars technica . retrieved jan. 20 2013 . higgins kilroy jan. 9 2013 . trackingpoint shows off auto aiming rifle . bright side of news . retrieved jan. 20 2013 . curtis rob jan. 14 2013 . trackingpoint can turn your grammy into a deadly marksman . military times gearscout . retrieved jan. 20 2013 . dillow clay jan. 10 2013 . the intelligent rifle now with ipad app wi fi infallible accuracy . popular science . retrieved jan. 20 2013 . external links edit trackingpoint website . military science inspires better rifle control . february 9 2014 . raymond von wahlde ; dennis metz august 1999 . sniper weapon fire control error budget analysis pdf . united states army research laboratory published september 9 1999 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title trackingpoint & oldid 737574402 categories companies based in austin texassoftware companies based in texascompanies established in 2011firearm manufacturers of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages svenska edit links this page was last modified on 3 september 2016 at 18 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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