Manassas, Virginia – Aimpoint, the leading manufacturer and innovator in red dot sighting technology has announced another revolutionary product with the release of the all new Aimpoint® Duty RDS™ sight. Built to meet the demands of today’s law enforcement agencies, this high-grade reflex optic offers Aimpoints’ premium product quality in a compact package at a budget friendly price point.
The Duty RDS™ offers a bright, crisp 2 MOA dot that’s ideal for short to medium range target engagements. The windage and elevation adjustments are flush mounted and waterproof, eliminating the need for protective caps. The turret adjustments provide?audible “clicks” to aid in zeroing the optic. The brightness intensity switch is a new digital?keypad designed for ease of use even while wearing gloves.
A pressure forged aluminum alloy housing provides durability against extreme abuse and drastic temperature changes. The sight is vibration and shock resistant, and submersible up to 80 feet.
Powered by a single CR2032 battery, the ACET technology provides over 3 years of constant-on use at daylight position 7 and even longer on the night vision compatible settings.
The Duty RDS comes with a one-piece torsion nut mount that attaches to MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rails, providing absolute co-witness with standard height iron sights. The optic features flip-up lens covers that allow the user to engage targets with the lens caps closed in an emergency, or to aim into direct sunlight. The sight is fully compatible with all generations of night vision devices.
“Law enforcement agencies face many challenges on and off the streets.” said Thane Smith, Director of Professional Sales for Aimpoint Inc. “Aimpoint created the Duty RDS as a sighting solution that law enforcement agencies can rely on to provide top performance with very little maintenance.
A sight that is always ready, always on, easy to use, accurate, fast on target, and at an accessible price point.”
For over 45 years, Aimpoint has been the trusted choice of military and law enforcement end users worldwide. We maintain this position by listening to the needs of these end users and creating products that can be trusted to perform under the most demanding conditions imaginable. Aimpoint is proud to stand with the men and women who serve and protect our communities.
For more information on the Duty RDS optic or any other Aimpoint products, visit the company’s webpage and webstore at: www.aimpoint.us
What it cost SSD?
$499 unless you’re on the job. Then there’s a discount.
Sorry, poor attempt at humor…
This would be cool if I couldn’t get a Sig, Primary Arms, Trijicon, Holosun, Vortex etc for cheaper. They are going to need to innovate more if they want control of the market again
Then you, obviously, aren’t their intended customer/market demographic and probably should have kept your comments to yourself. Yet here you are running your suck about all your just as good products that are predominantly made in China and are all clones of Aimpoint’s proven technology. Copying isn’t innovation, and even though some companies offer better reticle options, but that doesn’t mean that the Aimpoint dots aren’t proven performers and don’t work as intended.
But Hurt Much?
Don’t be petty.
Nope, no butt hurt here, just tired of the same ole droning on about Aimpoint’s perceived lack of innovation.
These things are barely on the street and all of the this and that company need to innovate jackholes are coming out of their mom’s basement to share their uneducated opinions. As are their defenders, apparently.
I am all for innovation and new technologies and I would love to see different reticle options in my Aimpoint’s. But it just isn’t going to happen, and saying, or rather, telling a company to “innovate” inside of your social media echo chamber will always fall on deaf ears, especially if you are not their intended customer and that same customer buys these in quantities 10 to 1000 times greater than both yours and my friends or everyone guy with a YouTube channel. It is the same with all the idiots who keep posting on every Magpul post about that damn waffle maker. Yes some of these other companies are filling the void, but that isn’t innovation, like I said above. I mean, if all y’all want to continue to complain about the same thing, over and over again, then you need to either be one of their DOD/LE customers, apply for a job at AP in their engineering/product development department, or start your own US based optics company and bring something to market that provides an actual technology advantage over what AP is already making. So feel free to remain in your echo chamber or try to actually look at things objectively.
I happen to work in a DOD program office and write acquisition and product development requirements fairly often, so I happen to see things from a much different perspective than most, especially when it comes to development programs and industry capabilities/performance when weighed against user/service requirements.
So the pro version of the micro series?
Does it use micro mounts?
Doesn’t look like it. Look at the base, looks like some weird dovetail design forged into the body.
So it’s just a cheaper Micro? This seems like a weird move to me.
If it’s just as crisp, rugged, battery efficient, etc., as a micro why keep spending more on micros. What are you sacrificing to get the cheaper price point?
Maybe it is just that you’re buying an Aimpoint vs. their quickly-closing competitors. Aimpoint needed an economy tier for a modern optic.
Some folks will buy a newest T-XYZ at $1000+. Others will be okay with getting the Pro model at $499. Most will stick with buying multiple Vortex/Primary Arms/Holosun optics. Hard to argue with the budget dots when the Vortex you paid $99 does the job for 3-Gun… especially considering how ammo prices doubled in the last two years.
So is this just a lower quality t2? I don’t understand.