U.S. Army will use L3's next-gen night-vision binocular goggles
NewsJune 20, 2018
NEW YORK. L3 Technologies has been awarded a three-year, $391 million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to provide soldiers with next-generation binocular night vision goggles to enhance mobility for ground forces.
L3 officials state that the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle – Binocular (ENVG-B) includes L3’s high-performance white phosphor image intensification technology in a dual-tube goggle together with a separate thermal channel for image fusion and thermal target detection, all of which enables the troops on the ground to better locate and engage threats and access common operating environment imagery.
The ENVG-B will also include a new high-resolution display and an embedded soldier wireless personal area network, rapid target acquisition, and augmented-reality algorithms to interface with the U.S. Army’s Nett Warrior. The complete system, says L3, will be interoperable with the U.S. Army’s next-generation family of weapon sights and will enhance data sharing between the services.
