Marathon Targets: Smart Targets for Live-Fire Training

"The strangely lifelike ROVER from Marathon Robotics is our pick for the most innovative product showcased at SOLIC."
Small Arms Review
Dec 2009

Smart Targets for Live-Fire Training

Every service strives to establish a challenging marksmanship training program but is constrained by the limitations of currently available technologies. Traditional targetry systems such as rails and pop-ups are fundamentally limited and inflexible in presenting realistic challenging targets. Marathon Targets has created smart targets -- an innovative solution which eliminates the current constraints and introduces a step change in quality of training.

Marathon applies state-of-the-art robotic technology to live-fire marksmanship training. This approach simultaneously improves realism and challenge of training while reducing the overall cost of ownership.

Smart targets are autonomous, which provides a set of unique capabilities:

Realistic, challenging and unpredictable motion

Responsive behaviour

Minimum infrastructure

With the smart targets system, a single instructor can conduct complex long-duration scenarios with multiple free-ranging targets. No need to use a joystick - just give the command and off they go, following a pre-orchestrated scenario. Auto-generated scenarios are also available.

When a target is shot, it provides instant visual feedback by stopping and dropping its mannequin. It simultaneously sends a message to other targets, who can react by running for cover.

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