# Meet Israel’s Smash Dragon gun-carrying drone

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2022/01/meet-israels-smash-dragon-gun-carrying-drone/
- Published: 2022-01-12T16:41:37+01:00
- Author: Military Africa

Israeli-based Smart Shooter company revealed on Monday a new gun-carrying drone 
that can carry and fire assault rifles.

SMASH Dragon is an integration of Smart Shooter’s combat-proven SMASH Technology
that ensures precise target elimination on a drone system.

Presented by the company for the first time, SMASH Dragon is an advanced robotic
weaponry payload that can be mounted on different drones and other unmanned aerial
platforms. It can incorporate various types of assault rifles, sniper rifles, 40mm,
and other ammunition with great precision.

Extremely lightweight and therefore allowing long mission endurance, SMASH Dragon
integrates a unique stabilization concept with the SMASH technology that enables
the system to accurately hit static and moving targets while flying.

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Featuring SMASH’s proprietary target acquisition and tracking algorithms as well
as sophisticated computer vision capabilities, the remotely operated SMASH Dragon
Offers the SMASH technology’s fast and precise hit capabilities and other exclusive
benefits while engaging targets from the air.

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The system successfully completed live firing tests and is currently under advanced
stages of development.

Michal Mor, SMART SHOOTER CEO said, “Smart Shooter’s SMASH technology offers precise
elimination of threats at ground, air and sea. We are now happy to offer the same
precise, combat-proven target engagement technology mounted on an unmanned aerial
platform that can be controlled from a distance. When it comes to drones, platform
weight is a critical factor as it impacts mission endurance and cost, and we are
proud to announce that the extremely lightweight SMASH Dragon meets this criterion”.

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Smart Shooter has various systems, including the [SMASH 2000](https://www.military.africa/2022/01/meet-israels-smash-dragon-gun-carrying-drone/military.africa/2020/06/smart-shooters-counter-suas-technology-solution)
that gives troops a precision anti-drone system on their weapon with built-in targeting
algorithms that can track and hit drones flying at high speed at ranges of up to
120 meters with the first shot.

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