# Aimpoint

> <p><strong>Ownership:</strong> Privately held<br><strong>Known for:</strong> Malmö-based, founded 1975. Inventor of the modern electronic red-dot sight. Used by US, Swedish, French, German, Dutch militaries — battery life typically 50,000+ hours, ruggedised for combat. Sweden's quiet defence-optics champion. Aimpoint essentially defined the red-dot sight as a military category — almost every Western infantry rifle now carries one. Privately Swedish-owned, Malmö-manufactured.<br><a href="https://www.aimpoint.com">https://www.aimpoint.com</a></p>

https://www.aimpoint.com