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FN® Expert Marksmanship Training Solution to be Showcased at CSTM 2018

(, ) – April 11, 2018. Belgium-based FN Herstal, one of the world’s leading manufacturers, will exhibit its FN® Expert marksmanship training system at the upcoming CSTM Conferência de Simulaçaõ e Tecnologia Militar, Brasilia, from April 23 through to 26, 2018.

Designed and developed by Noptel - a fully owned FN Herstal subsidiary that specializes in innovative, optoelectronic systems -, the FN® Expert is an advanced marksmanship training solution that can be attached to , carbines and recoilless rifles to provide dry, blank and live fire training for shooters and trainers operating in defense and security.

Training to shoot - and therefore increase hit probability on mission - with rifles or carbines is made difficult by the lack of shooting ranges, the need to move personnel, weapons and , and the limited number of instructors. By providing shooters using a simulated (Airsoft) weapon or FN ® Expert: providing shooters their own duty weapon with instant feedback on their performance, the and instructors with a safe, effective and easy to use FN® Expert accelerates the improvement in fundamental marksmanship marksmanship training solution skills (breathing, holding, aiming, and triggering), and develops muscle memory. It also facilitates instructors’ coaching skills by providing objective tools to measure shooter performance, in real-time or after action. The FN® Expert measures movement just before and during triggering, detects the shot, shows the location of both the hit and miss, and shows and analyzes the shooter’s performance in a simple, graphical and numerical way.

The FN® Expert can be used everywhere, indoors or outdoors, in Screen showing feedback on shooting static or dynamic scenarios. performance on a ring target

FN Herstal, S.A. Voie de Liège 33 | B-4040 Herstal | Belgium Tel. : +32 4 240 81 11 | [email protected] www.fnherstal.com Safe, efficient and easy to use, the FN® Expert offers a unique and quick training possibility, not being covered by the various existing tactical training systems on the market, and embodies FN Herstal’s motto of ‘Enhancing capability through technology’.

Alongside the FN® Expert, FN Herstal will showcase the FN® FCU Mk3 fire control unit for 40mm grenades and FN® SAM solution including the FN® SmartCore shot counter for enhanced small arms management. Attendees at the CSTM trade show, Brasilia, can request more details of the FN® e-novation portfolio by visiting FN Herstal at its exhibition stand. More details can also be found on www.fnenovation.com.

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FN HERSTAL: Over 125 Years of Technological Innovation, Unique Know-How, and Talented People FN HERSTAL, S.A., a subsidiary of the Herstal Group that also includes Browning (Hunting and Shooting), is based in Belgium and provides , security, law enforcement and special forces customers over the globe with a complete range of state-of- the-art, groundbreaking solutions developed around small caliber firearms and associated ammunition. FN HERSTAL product lines include portable firearms, less lethal systems, integrated weapon systems for air, land and sea applications, remote weapon stations, small caliber ammunition, as well as modern and cutting-edge solutions to provide enhanced combat, logistics, maintenance and communication capabilities. FN Herstal is the parent company of three fully owned entities: FN America in the USA, FNH UK in the UK and Noptel in Finland. For more information on FN HERSTAL, visit www.fnherstal.com.

FN Herstal, S.A. Voie de Liège 33 | B-4040 Herstal | Belgium Tel. : +32 4 240 81 11 | [email protected] www.fnherstal.com