Modern night vision goggles for advanced infantry applications

Joseph P. Estrera; Timothy E. Ostromek; Wayne Isbell; Antonio V. Bacarella

doi:10.1117/12.486380

8 September 2003 Modern night vision goggles for advanced infantry applications

Joseph P. Estrera, Timothy E. Ostromek, Wayne Isbell, Antonio V. Bacarella

Proceedings Volume 5079, Helmet- and Head-Mounted Displays VIII: Technologies and Applications; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.486380
Event: AeroSense 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Northrop Grumman Electro-Optical Systems (NGEOS) has concentrated in recent years on the development of advanced night vision goggle (NVG) systems. These NVGs developments concentrate on past operational deficiencies such as high light/bright source conditions during military operations in urban terrain (MOUT), poor individual movement technique (IMT) infantry operations, and obscured battlefield and reduced weather conditions. The first area of NVG advancement involves direct image intensifier (I²) replacement involving automatic gated power supply technology for wide dynamic NVG operation and advanced Generation III halo free I² technology for reduction of NVG image halo and “blooming” artifacts. The second significant development area is NVG individual movement technique (IMT) deficiencies such as reduced field of view, reduced depth perception, center of gravity problems, and limited operation flexibility. These issues of NVG IMT have resulted in the development of an IMT enhanced night vision goggle for the U.S. Army's enhanced night vision goggle (ENVG). Finally, Northrop Grumman EOS is developing a NVG with the capability of producing optimized real-time image fusion from an image intensified sensor and uncooled long wavelength infrared (LWIR) sensor. This new technology allows for optimum imaging in battlefield obscured and laser polluted environment. These image fusion NVG development efforts have concentrated on both optical overlay image fusion and digital image fusion. This paper will compare and contrast these two types of image fusion technologies.

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Joseph P. Estrera, Timothy E. Ostromek, Wayne Isbell, and Antonio V. Bacarella "Modern night vision goggles for advanced infantry applications", Proc. SPIE 5079, Helmet- and Head-Mounted Displays VIII: Technologies and Applications, (8 September 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.486380

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