Manassas, Virginia – Aimpoint, the leading manufacturer and innovator of red dot sighting technology, has been chosen by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to supply Aimpoint® Duty RDS and Aimpoint® CompM4s optics for their Red Dot Sights and Mounts Program.
Following extensive testing of a broad selection of competitive optics, Aimpoint was awarded a five-year contract with a maximum award amount of $7 million for the compact Duty RDS™ sight, and an additional $4 million award for the larger format CompM4s sight. Deliveries of both sights to the FBI began at the end of 2023.
Designed to meet the demands facing today’s law enforcement officers, the Aimpoint Duty RDS is a high-performance reflex optic in a compact package. The all-new design offers a pressure-forged aluminum alloy housing, flush mounted windage and elevation adjustments with tactile clicks, and digital intensity adjustments for ease of operation under any conditions or while wearing gloves.
The Duty RDS features a one-piece torsion nut mount that attaches to all MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rails and provides an absolute co-witness sight picture with standard height iron sights. The Duty RDS provides 30,000 hours (3 years) of constant-on use using a single CR2032 battery powering a 2 MOA red dot and has 10 operating brightness settings. Compatible with all generations of night vision devices, this sight is also submersible up to 80 feet (25 meters).
The Aimpoint CompM4s is currently used and trusted by top-tier professional end users globally and has been type classified as the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force M68CCO (Close Combat Optic) for over two decades. Offering a 2 MOA red dot, the CompM4s is powered by a single AA battery for over 80,000 hours (8 years) of continuous use and over 500,000 hours in the night vision settings.
For more information on Aimpoint products, visit the company’s webpage: www.aimpoint.us
I thought earlier this year they went w/ SIG Romeo5.
I think I read that on SSD
In 2016 FBI went with ROMEO4M for patrol rifles.
I assume these will be for regular agent rifles?… HRT and Regional SWAT will stick with the T2s and EXPS3s?
Yes, exactly.
The FBI has become a clown show. The most knowledgeable and responsible law enforcement agency inthr world’s premier space faring civilization cheaps out on RDS optics intended for use in areas populated by innocent until proven guilty US Citizens including children?
Those SIG Romeos had 8 inches of parallax shift at 25 meters, these things are a little better at 5 inches of parallax shift but was it really worth saving $250 to not get the T2 or M5 with 2 inches of shift if they are going to be “dusting perps” in potentially crowded situations?
Heck, you’d think that serving federal warrants on civilians in the suburbs 90% of the time they would want to minimize the risk for collateral damage, right?