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An official told military and veterans site<\/a> Task & Purpose <\/em>that the Army plans for its upcoming rifle to be an expandable platform comparable to Apple’s iconic iPhone.<\/p> “We have hundreds of capabilities we can put into this weapons system, but we want to do it by holistically creating a system that that takes advantage of everything we’ve done in the past,” Army Col. Elliott Caggins, a project manager for soldier weapons, told Task & Purpose<\/em>. “This means its capabilities will only grow, just as the iPhone’s did.”<\/p> The gun —described by Task & Purpose<\/em> as the “iPhone of lethality” — is the Army’s upcoming Next Generation Squad Weapon. A lot is riding on the gun, which is expected to replace the M4 and M16 that many soldiers currently carry<\/a>.<\/p> The Army is currently soliciting prototypes<\/a> for the next-gen weapon, Task & Purpose <\/em>pointed out — and, according to the interview with Caggins, it sounds like Army officials are looking for a high-tech, platform-style device that can be built up with future add-ons.<\/p> Basically, it sounds like the Army is looking to build a stable platform, like iOS, that it can build increasingly sophisticated weapon technologies on top of.<\/p> “Imagine that Steve Jobs and his engineers were trying to convert the iPod Touch to the first 3G iPhone,” Caggins told Task & Purpose<\/em>. “There were a thousand technologies they could have put in the first iPhone but they were looking to mature the platform before they could actually go onto the system.”<\/p> Editor’s note Feb. 8, 2019 at 4:32 PM ET: This article has been updated to describe Task & Purpose as a “military and veterans” site instead of a “military tech blog.”<\/em><\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> The Army’s Next-Generation Rifle Will Be the iPhone of Lethality, Officials Say<\/a> [Task & Purpose<\/em>]<\/p> More on weapons: <\/strong><\/em>Russian Navy Says New Weapon Makes Enemies Hallucinate<\/a><\/p> The post The US Army’s Strange Inspiration for Its Next Rifle: The iPhone<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Follow this link: Killer App An official told military and veterans site \u00a0 Task & Purpose\u00a0 that the Army plans for its upcoming rifle to be an expandable platform comparable to Apple\u2019s iconic iPhone. Continue reading “iPhone of Lethality”<\/h2>
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