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NATO’s “Powered Rail Team”, consisting of 11 nations working on the common goal of bringing forward a STANAG (NATO standardization document) for a Powered Accessory Rail for small firearms, is starting to pay off.

Background: You may remember NATO’s “Powered Rail Team”, consisting of 10 nations with the common goal of bringing forward a STANAG (NATO standardization document) for a Powered Accessory Rail for small firearms? Think a Picatinny rail, but with power inside for your lamp, laser, sights etc.

I have been watching the intelligent rail for some time now.  Having the ability for all your accessories to run off of a single source and also use communication tools such as live video is also a major perk.  There is a lot of positive that can come out of the system, and it’s implementation both on the battle field and at home.  A prototype ARX carbine with intelligent rail was also displayed at Eurostatory this year, and now Beretta is preparing to begin producing the carbine’s in 2015.