Agile, Small-Deflection Precision (ASP) Mount

Capstan Technologies designed an Agile, Small-deflection Precision (ASP) gun mount to provide active targeting correction (2-axis) for vehicular-mounted weapons proposed for the US Army PEO Aviation Program. Specific intended usage is to provide targeting correction capability to helicopter platforms to remove vibratory and vehicular maneuvering disturbances. Capstan’s ASP design shown with an M3P .50 caliber machine gun mounted; The ASP gun mount shown affixed to the outboard end of the Universal Weapons Pylon (UWP).

A top level view of a generalized Control System scheme is illustrated in the figure below. The general structure of this concept is that the Operator, through physical input at the HMI, manages the operation of the ASP Base and receives feedback from the HMI on the status of operation.