The Navy hopes to equip sailors with binoculars that can ID potential bad guys from up to 200 meters away.
The high-tech eye gear, to be used at home and abroad, would work in tandem with a database of images that could help ID targets or suspected terrorists.
The technology is under consideration for deployed Navy SEALs, but also force-protection personnel back home, whose job it is to protect Navy bases from terrorist threats, said Tommy Groves, a spokesman at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, where the project is underway.
The system would work like so: The binoculars would scan an individual’s face and that data would be transferred through a wireless network to a laptop with the photo database. This database could be tailored for the mission or draw from an existing database, Groves said.
