This rotorcraft is a Sniper System called the Vigilante 502, and it's an unmanned helicopter, a half ton beast that can fly at 120 mph for over 5 hours. The Vigilante can carry up to 150 pounds of payload, which is more than enough to mount small and medium caliber machine guns, a shotgun, a beam immobilizer, or in this case, a sniper rifle.
It's rifle fires .338 Lapua Magnum cartridges at up to 10 rounds per minute. The key feature is the turret mount, which is actively stabilized to allow for precision shots in flight. The mount includes dual zoom cameras, and the entire system is controlled remotely with an Xbox 360 controller.
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