The U.S. military had made break through in developing a self-steering bullet. The .50-caliber bullets are mounted with optical sensors at the apex to follow moving targets. The bullet’s system is name EXACTO (Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance) and is developed by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The "smart bullets" passed their most successful round of live-fire tests to date, the CNN reported on 29 April 2015.
Videos supplied by DARPA show the bullets making sharp turns in mid-air as they pursue their targets. "This live-fire demonstration from a standard rifle showed that EXACTO is able to hit moving and evading targets with extreme accuracy at sniper ranges unachievable with traditional rounds. Fitting EXACTO's guidance capabilities into a small .50-caliber size is a major breakthrough and opens the door to what could be possible in future guided projectiles across all calibers," said Jerome Dunn, DARPA program manager. Exacto can help shooters compensate for high winds give shooters greater range and accuracy makes American troops safer.
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