Next Generation Handheld Targeting System: Lightening the Load for JTACs

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August 16, 2022 | Originally published by DVIDS on August 16, 2022

Marines will soon have a new state-of-the-art targeting system that increases their precision on the battlefield. The Next-Generation Handheld Targeting System, or NGHTS, is an innovative, man-portable targeting system allowing Marines to rapidly and accurately conduct target location and laser guidance during combat operations.

Years of market research, technology maturity, and miniaturization resulted in NGHTS. The unit, lighter and less bulky than past targeting systems, includes a selective availability anti-spoofing module GPS, a celestial day and night compass, a digital magnetic compass, a laser designator, and a laser range finder, all in a single handheld system weighing less than 10 pounds.

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