November 6, 2007 Digital Hunter Awarded a U.S. Patent #7, 292,262

 

 

The Digital Hunter has been awarded its patent for its electronic firearm sight and method of operation.

Abstract:
A fire arm sight can detect engagement of a firing pin with a cartridge, and can respond to this event by saving an image which shows a target and reticle at a point in time just prior to the detected event. An electronic reticle can be down loaded to the sight. The effective position of the reticle within the sight can be adjusted electronically, and a zoom factor of the sight can be adjusted electronically. To learn more or get more details visit www.uspto.gov

 
See DigitalHunter DayNight™ in Action at 2007 NRA Annual Meeting

 

 

See this year's most compelling new riflescope at the 136th Annual Meetings of the NRA held in St. Louis April 13 – 15, 2007. Based on sales and media/dealer reaction at the January trade and consumer shows, DigitalHunter DayNight is a “must see” new product. Now you can have a riflescope functional during daylight, twilight, and night. (Active night vision requires the use of separately purchased infrared flashlights.) A surprising show special will be offered. See DayNight at booth number 236. More details about this year’s NRA Annual Meeting can be found at http://www.nraam.org.

 
ELCAN Launches DigitalHunter DayNight™

 

Digital Riflescope That Functions as a Day Scope and a Night Scope

Richardson, Texas-Nov 9, 2006 - ELCAN Optical Technologies, a Raytheon company - the company who brought digital riflescopes to the battlefield - announces the production launch of its new DigitalHunter DayNight ™ riflescope. DigitalHunter DayNight joins DigitalHunter in ELCAN's exciting digital riflescope product line. DayNight can be purchased from approved dealers and will be available for shipment Dec 15, 2006. Approved dealers can be located on ELCAN's website at www.elcansportingoptics.com.

DigitalHunter DayNight (Model #DHDN) is a digital riflescope functional during the day, twilight, and night. The DAYLIGHT mode provides the same excellent performance and operation during the day as DigitalHunter (Model #DH1). The new LOW LIGHT mode provides stunning low light performance during twilight. When used with a commonly available near-infrared illuminator (purchased separately), DigitalHunter DayNight displays black and white imagery of objects at night up to 65 yards away. Near-infrared illuminators - also called IR Flashlights - emit light largely invisible to mammals but visible to DigitalHunter DayNight. DigitalHunter DayNight is a lower-cost, good-resolution alternative to image intensifier or thermal riflescopes. And since DigitalHunter DayNight is a digital riflescope, it provides electronic ballistic compensation, automatic video and still image capture and replay, field selectable reticles, and customizable reticles.

"DigitalHunter DayNight extends the compelling values of DigitalHunter into the late twilight and darkest of nights by leveraging the power of modern digital technology,” Rusty Mauldin, ELCAN Sporting Optics Product Manager, said. “The ability to use the same riflescope during the day, twilight, and night gives the modern hunter much more versatility with his hunting and surveillance options – at any time of the day or night."

Domestic dealers who desire to retail DigitalHunter should contact ELCAN's manufacturer's representatives for requirements and applications per the following list:

  • F & G Outdoor Sales 412-653-3649 CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT

  • Ludwikoski & Assoc. 913-681-3500 AL, IA, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, SC, SD, TN, WV, VA, WI

  • Mid America Sales Co. 479-273-1174 AR, LA, OK, TX, MS

  • Wild West Marketing 435-586-1342 AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY

International distributors interested in distributing DigitalHunter should contact Mr. Marcel Naujok at m-naujok@raytheon.com for a dealer application kit.

ELCAN Optical Technologies, a division of Raytheon, is a fully integrated firm that specializes in the design and manufacture of complex, precision optical systems and subsystems for defense, security, commercial, entertainment, medical and telecommunications applications. ELCAN operates facilities in Richardson, Texas; Midland, Ontario, Canada; and Malaga, Spain. Its 1,100 employees worldwide bring innovative and precision optical products to the defense, law enforcement, security, entertainment, medical and industrial markets.

 
ELCAN Announces DigitalHunter™ Pricing Structure

 

New Product Addition Benefits Hunters

Richardson, Texas-Nov 9, 2006 - ELCAN Optical Technologies, a Raytheon company, announces new pricing for it's digital riflescope product line. With the addition of DigitalHunter DayNight to the product line, a more attractive pricing structure can be offered to the modern sportsman.

Adding DigitalHunter DayNight (Model # DHDN) to the digital riflescope product line enables DigitalHunter's (DH1) MSRP to become $1199. DigitalHunter DayNight, similar to DigitalHunter with an additional LOW LIGHT mode, now comes in with an MSRP of $1379 – an amazingly low price considering that other DayNight riflescopes start at over $2000 and quickly go up from there.

"ELCAN is pleased to offer the modern sportsman more product choices and attractive pricing for digital riflescopes." Rusty Mauldin, ELCAN Sporting Optics Product Manager, said. "It is exciting to see the positive impact DigitalHunter is having on many aspects the hunting community – from disabled hunters getting back into the game, to the media discovering an exciting new product, to destination hunters wanting to document their hunt of a lifetime. The future of digital riflescopes is bright indeed!"

DigitalHunter and DigitalHunter DayNight can be purchased from local dealers within the United States. Approved dealers can be located on ELCAN's website at www.elcansportingoptics.com.

Domestic dealers who desire to retail ELCAN's digital riflescope product line should contact ELCAN's manufacturer's representatives for requirements and applications per the following list:

  • F & G Outdoor Sales 412-653-3649 CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT

  • L & S Marketing LLC. 419-866-0913 IN, MI, OH

  • Ludwikoski & Assoc. 913-681-3500 AL, IA, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, SC, SD, TN, WV, VA, WI

  • Mid America Sales Co. 479-273-1174 AR, LA, OK, TX, MS

  • Wild West Marketing 435-586-1342 AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY

International distributors interested in distributing DigitalHunter should contact Alan Wilkerson at a-wilkerson@raytheon.com for a dealer application kit.

ELCAN Optical Technologies, a division of Raytheon, is a fully integrated firm that specializes in the design and manufacture of complex, precision optical systems and subsystems for defense, security, commercial, entertainment, medical and telecommunications applications. ELCAN operates facilities in Richardson, Texas; Midland, Ontario, Canada; and Malaga, Spain. Its 1,100 employees worldwide bring innovative and precision optical products to the defense, law enforcement, security, entertainment, medical and industrial markets.

 
DigitalHunter™ Riflescope To Launch in February

 


Richardson, Texas–February 2, 2006 - ELCAN Optical Technologies, a
Raytheon company - the company who brought digital riflescopes to the
battlefield - announces the February 2006 production launch of its new
DigitalHunter™ riflescope. DigitalHunter riflescopes will be available then
for purchase from approved dealers. Approved dealers can be located on
ELCAN's website at www.elcansportingoptics.com.

DigitalHunter represents the first product in the exciting new riflescope
category, Digital Riflescopes. "DigitalHunter provides far more value to
the hunter than the traditional "glass and metal" riflescope by leveraging
the power of modern digital technology," Rusty Mauldin, ELCAN Sporting
Optics Product Manager, said. "Digital electronics add so much to the
hunter's sighting system that they can no longer be ignored by the
riflescope industry."

Not only does DigitalHunter perform the basic role of a riflescope, which is
to help control the impact point of the bullet, it also adds benefits never
before provided by a riflescope. Benefits include digital ballistic
compensation, video and image capture and immediate replay, field-switchable
reticles, customizable reticles, no parallax, and a large constant exit
pupil. Field-switchable, customizable reticles provide a tremendous
advantage to the hunter because now a riflescope doesn't have to be
purchased based on the reticle offered. Hunters can make their own reticle
in any color or shape for each field situation and switch reticles at the
touch of one button.

Domestic dealers who desire to retail DigitalHunter should contact ELCAN's manufacturer's representatives for requirements and applications per the following list:

  • F & G Outdoor Sales 412-653-3649 CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT

  • L & S Marketing LLC. 419-866-0913 IN, MI, OH

  • Ludwikoski & Assoc. 913-681-3500 AL, IA, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, SC, SD, TN, WV, VA, WI

  • Mid America Sales Co. 479-273-1174 AR, LA, OK, TX, MS

  • Wild West Marketing 435-586-1342 AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY

 

International distributors interested in distributing DigitalHunter should contact Alan Wilkerson at a-wilkerson@raytheon.com for a dealer application kit.

ELCAN Optical Technologies, a division of Raytheon, is a fully integrated firm that specializes in the design and manufacture of complex, precision optical systems and subsystems for defense, security, commercial, entertainment, medical and telecommunications applications. ELCAN operates facilities in Richardson, Texas; Midland, Ontario, Canada; and Malaga, Spain. Its 1,100 employees worldwide bring innovative and precision optical products to the defense, law enforcement, security, entertainment, medical and industrial markets.

 

See DigitalHunter at Frontiers – Dallas Safari Club’s 2006 Convention!

Come see the newest category of riflescopes – Digital Riflescopes – at our booth (#817) at the 2006 Dallas Safari Clubs Annual Convention. This unique event, entitled “Frontiers”, will be held January 26 – 29, 2006 at Market Hall in Dallas, Texas. DigitalHunter will be demonstrated to the general public for the first time at this show. More details concerning Frontiers can be found at www.biggame.org. See you there!

DigitalHunter at the 2006 SHOT Show

ELCAN will feature its new DigitalHunter riflescope at the 2006 SHOT Show to be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, February 9 – 12, 2006. Join us in booth 22063. The reaction to DigitalHunter at last year’s SHOT Show is a clear indication that the energy level in this year’s booth will be intense. A DigitalHunter riflescope will also be located in the New Product Center. More details concerning the 2006 SHOT Show can be found at http://www.shotshow.org/
ELCAN's DigitalHunter™ Website Wins Communicator’s Crystal Award of Excellence


Richardson, Texas – September 2, 2005. ELCAN Optical Technologies announces that its new website, www.elcansportingoptics.com, has won a prestigious 2005 Crystal Award of Excellence. The website, which features the revolutionary first-of-its-kind DigitalHunter riflescope, was created by FishingWorld.com, Inc., Lindale, Texas, who submitted the website for the annual international Communicator Awards competition.

“We are honored to have won this award,” Rusty Mauldin, ELCAN Sporting Optics Product Manager, said. “Our website clearly communicates the value of our unique new digital riflescope, DigitalHunter and we are pleased to have it recognized as such.”

Featuring a captivating, safari-themed video, the website introduces the newcomer to this novel new product through visualization, sound effects, tables, and descriptions. The colorful, easy-to-use website features detailed product information and takes the user on an interactive journey through all the features of the DigitalHunter. Browsers can also visit the e-lodge, locate a dealer in their area or apply for dealer information. Product news, ELCAN company facts and helpful links are also included.

The fully digital DigitalHunter riflescope creates a new riflescope category – Digital Riflescopes. DigitalHunter features video and still-image capture capabilities that can be immediately reviewed in the field on a microdisplay, back at home or at the lodge. Benefits include image and video capture of the hunter’s view™, reticle compensation due to ballistics, and field switchable reticles.

Founded by communication professionals, The Communicator Awards provides recognition for excellence in the communications field. Award-winning professionals, who have been chosen based on their extensive experience and proven creativity in the communications field, carefully review and grade entries from all 50 states and numerous foreign countries. Entries are judged against a high standard of excellence rather than against each other. Regardless of size and budget, this awards competition provides an equal chance of winning to all entrants. All work is judged on its own quality, creativity and resourcefulness. The Crystal Award of Excellence is given to those winners whose ability to communicate puts them among the best in the field.

ELCAN Optical Technologies, a Raytheon Company, is a fully integrated business that specializes in the design and manufacture of complex, precision optical systems and subsystems for defense, security, commercial, entertainment, medical and telecommunications applications. ELCAN operates facilities in Richardson, Texas; Midland, Ontario, Canada; and Malaga, Spain. Its 1,100 worldwide employees bring innovative and precision optical products to the defense, law enforcement, security, entertainment, medical and industrial markets.

 
DigitalHunter's First SHOT Is A Hit


    World's first fully digital riflescope the focus of much attention in its first SHOT Show appearance

    LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Thousands of retailers, distributors, media members and industry insiders received their formal introductions to ELCAN's DigitalHunter™, the world's first fully digital riflescope, during the 2005 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show. The trade show, now in its 27th year, ran Jan. 28-31 in the Las Vegas Convention Center and is designed to showcase the latest and greatest offerings and innovations from the outdoors industry's top manufacturers.

    Fueled by the launch of its website in early January and its performance at the Jan. 27th Smith & Wesson SHOT Show Shootout, DigitalHunter™ was one of the products which received the most requests for information in the Time4's New Product Showcase, according to a report from Reed Exhibitions. Reed Exhibitions monitors such requests through the use of a sophisticated scanning system that allows show visitors to plan which booths in the 569,000 square foot exhibition hall they want to visit.

    The 2005 SHOT Show featured more than 1,725 companies; 23,771 buyers and 1,190 press members. The trade show also set records this year for attendance and size.

    Even in the crowd, DigitalHunter managed to stand out.

    "I've been coming for eight years, and I just couldn't believe the size of the show this year," said Pete Wilcox, a retailer from Martinez, Ga. "It is always super, but this year was tops. Among my favorite new products were the new Smith & Wesson pistol, Canon's Image Stabilizer binoculars and ELCAN's DigitalHunter™ digital riflescope."

     

Straight Shooter

 

    Gayer uses DigitalHunter™ to win SHOT Show Poker Shoot
    Firing a hunting rifle topped with ELCAN’s DigitalHunter™ riflescope, Ron Gayer, senior field editor for California Hog Hunter Magazine, collected a 10-high straight at the 2005 Smith & Wesson SHOT Show Shootout, co-sponsored by ELCAN Optical Technologies, on Jan. 27 at American Shooters Gun Club in Las Vegas, Nev. Gayer’s hand bested nearly 100 other shooters at the event’s Poker Shoot where participants fired five shots into the back of a target which features an entire deck of cards.

    The 2005 Smith & Wesson SHOT Show Shootout marked the first public exhibition for the DigitalHunter™, the world’s first fully digital riflescope. The shootout marked the unofficial kickoff of the SHOT Show, the world’s largest trade show for the shooting, hunting and outdoor industries.

    By winning the DigitalHunter™ Poker Shoot, Gayer will receive a DigitalHunter™ riflescope mounted on a Remington Model 700, the same rifle he used to win the event.

     

ELCAN, DigitalHunter™ co-sponsor Shoot Out


    The nation's foremost authorities on shooting, hunting and the outdoors will be in Las Vegas, Nev., on Jan. 27, 2005, for the annual Smith & Wesson SHOT Show Shoot Out. The event is co-sponsored this year by ELCAN Optical Technologies, maker of DigitalHunter™.

    Outdoor writers and experts from around the country will gather inside American Shooter's Gun Club to test some of the latest handgun offerings from Smith & Wesson, as well as a chance to be some of the first people to test DigitalHunter™, the world's first fully digital riflescope for the hunting and shooting market. Shooters will compete against each other in shooting competitions using rifles fitted with DigitalHunter™ riflescopes. Winners will be awarded prizes at the annual awards show and all participants will receive premium logo gifts and apparel from the sponsors.

    The SHOT Show Shoot Out is held in conjunction with the annual SHOT Show, the world's largest outdoors trade show, held in Las Vegas.

     
ELCAN teams up with Dallas Safari Club

     
    ELCAN Optical Technologies is the exclusive sponsor of the attendee bags for the Dallas Safari Club's 25th Annual Convention, January 6-9, 2005, at Dallas Market Mall. This year's convention is entitled "Hatari! Let Your Adventure Begin." More than 15,000 attendees are expected to attend this year's convention which will feature more than 600 exhibitors from Alaska to Zimbabwe, as well as informative seminars and a spectacular wildlife display.

    More info on the Dallas Safari Club's 25th Annual Convention can be found at http://www.biggame.org/Convention/index.html.