The Smart Tech Challenges Foundation was formed to spur innovation in firearm safety, and our elite field of innovators are working on technologies that improve safety through the integration of familiar technological features. Whether you are a marksman, a hunter, a collector, or own a firearm to defend your home, our innovators are creating options to suit real gun owners’ needs. All gun owners have different storage and safety needs, and there should be technologies to fit each.

But innovators can’t do it alone: they need feedback from you.

The Smart Tech Firearms Reliability Challenge is your chance to meet the innovators behind the emerging technologies poised to transform the industry and provide them with your valuable feedback. Help fine-tune reliability and perfect technologies by voting for your favorite firearms and accessories. Comment on the latest prototypes and get to know the entrepreneurs and engineers behind the designs. The winning innovators will receive a $2,000 cash prize to continue their technology development.

Mark your calendars for September 17, 2015 as the official Reliability Challenge launch date to cast your vote for the innovator who you think has what it takes to make it to market.