Determination of the origin of gunfire by sound was conceived before World War I where it was first used operationally … See more

There are three primary attributes that characterize gunfire and hence enable the detection and location of gunfire and similar weapon discharges:
• An optical flash that occurs when an explosive c… See more

Gunshot location systems generally require one or more sensing modalities to detect either the fact that a weapon has been fired or to detect the projectile fired by the weapon. To date, sound, vibration and visual or … See more

Gunshot location systems are used by public safety agencies as well as military/defense agencies. They have been used primarily in dispatch centers for rapid reaction to gunfire incidents. In military/def… See more

• Gun control
• Boomerang (countermeasure) – gunfire locator by BBN and DARPA
• Counter-sniper tactics
• Counter-insurgency… See more

1. ^ Kornei, Katherine (14 June 2018). "Physicist Pinpoints Urban Gunfire". www.aps.org.
2. ^ Gunfire locator used to record conversations (KBCW CW San Francisco news report, posted to YouTube on May 23… See more