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National Defense August 2011 Grace V. Jean	New Sensor Aims to Give F-35 Pilots a 'Window Into the Night' F-35 fighter pilots will wear a helmet that allows them to peer into the darkness with ease -- but only if a new digital sensor proves itself as capable as or better than existing night vision technology.
National Defense July 2005 Robert H. Williams	Nighttime Field-of-View Doubles for Pilots The night just got a bit brighter for special operations crews. The 20 Block I panoramic night vision goggles offer pilots a 95-degree field of vision that compares to 40 degrees for standard devices.
National Defense October 2009 Grace V. Jean	Future Night Vision Devices: More Than Just Goggles Future night-vision goggles are being designed not just to see better at night but also to allow soldiers to share images of what they see with other soldiers who may be miles away.
National Defense October 2007 Stew Magnuson	Researchers Push for Advances in Night Vision Technology Night vision technology once gave the nation's armed forces an edge on the battlefield, but the devices have proliferated around the world.
National Defense April 2014 Sandra I. Erwin	Army to Equip Soldiers With New Sensors for Night Targeting The wars of the past decade exposed weaknesses in Army technology for infantry troops. Close-combat equipment such as night vision goggles and weapon sights are bulky and drain batteries fast.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 Ben Ames	Optical sensors light up the battlefield Tomorrow's sensors will be modular, digital, fused, and networked
National Defense September 2009 Grace V. Jean	We Want What U.S. Troops Have: Better Night Vision Goggles Because the demand from U.S. forces for night vision goggles has been so high in recent years, major suppliers such as ITT Night Vision have focused on their Pentagon customers rather than the international market.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008	French army employs ULIS uncooled thermal sensors The uncooled thermal sensors will be affixed to the French army's thermal imaging rifle sights, multifunction goggles, and cameras for day and night operation.
National Defense October 2009 Grace V. Jean	Inadequate Displays, Shortage of Bandwidth Could Slow Advances in Night Vision Systems The military's night-vision capabilities are going digital, but displaying and sharing those electronic feeds could become a problem in the future if the dissemination of battlefield video today is any indication.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 John McHale	Scared of the dark? For thousands of years armies were wary of attacking at night. They could make use of artificial light - whether torches, searchlights, or headlights - but illumination always risked revealing maneuvers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009	Electro--Optic Brief Military night-vision goggles provided to British military by ITT... Rugged camera for covert surveillance introduced by Toshiba Teli America... Electro-optical infrared sensor for armored vehicle night vision is aim of BAE contract... etc.
National Defense October 2006 Stew Magnuson	U.S. Labs Look for Edge as Night Vision Technology Spreads While night vision technology is ubiquitous, military research labs continue the push to give U.S. war fighters nighttime optics that are several steps ahead of what can be bought at any hunting and fishing store, or duplicated by foreign militaries.
National Defense June 2005 Robert H. Williams	Night Fighting Made Easier With Advanced Goggles The U.S. Army will be spending $560 million over the next five years on enhanced night-vision goggles that, for the first time, combine image intensification and infrared images.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008	ARINC chooses ITT night-vision tubes for Navy, Air Force The aviation solutions are designed with four, rather than the traditional two, image tubes to expand the user's field of view.
National Defense March 2010 Grace V. Jean	Taking 'Heads-Up' Displays to the Next Level Scientists are developing technologies to give aviators better in-flight information on wearable displays that untether them from stationary screens.
National Defense April 2010 Austin Wright	Fighter Pilot Simulation Depicts Nighttime Weapons Launch Some fighter pilots are now training with a simulator that can depict the effects of firing a weapon while using night vision goggles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2008	ITT Night-Vision Tubes Selected for U.S. Military Aircraft Engineers at ITT Night Vision are delivering 16-millimeter imaging intensifiers to be integrated into the Panoramic Night Vision Goggle (PNVG) and the Quad-Eye.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005	Army Picks ITT for Night-Vision Goggles Engineers with the U.S. Army needed better night-vision capability for soldiers on dark or foggy battlefields. They found a solution with Enhanced Night Vision Goggles (ENVGs) from ITT. The contract has a potential value of $560 million over five years.
National Defense December 2005 Michael Peck	Simulator Eases Night-Vision Goggle Dangers In the surreal world of amplified light, things aren't as they appear. That's why a new simulator for fighter pilots will ease the dangers of training with night-vision goggles.
National Defense August 2007 Stew Magnuson	Army Helos Can Thwart Missiles, But Remain Vulnerable The Army has made progress protecting helicopters flying in Iraq from shoulder-fired missiles, but its crews and aircraft routinely are the targets of small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	NASA Tests Clear View for Pilots In an effort to make flying safer, more than a dozen NASA, airline, industry, and government pilots are testing technology to synthetically give pilots a clear view of their surroundings.
National Defense October 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	U.S. May Be Losing Track of Critical Night Vision Equipment A State Department official said that increasingly the Pentagon is losing track of its night vision equipment. State is responsible for transfers and exports of military technology.
National Defense July 2013 Stew Magnuson	Battlefield Sensors Continue To Make Technological Leaps Hyperspectral and wide-area surveillance sensors are two examples of technologies that military leaders have touted as success stories.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010	Irvine Sensors, Optics 1 to Deliver Thermal Imaging Systems to Naval Surface Warfare Center The thermal imagers are for clip-on thermal imager (COTI) systems that Optics 1 is building for the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center.
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National Defense April 2004 Michael Peck	Army Seeks to Upgrade Night-Vision Goggles Experts at the Army's night-vision laboratory predict that a new generation of goggles now in development will fix some of the shortcomings in existing devices, such as image quality and the ability to see through smoke and dust.
National Defense April 2014 Sandra I. Erwin	Outside the U.S., Buyers in Hot Pursuit of Night Vision Goggles For night vision goggle manufacturer Exelis, the U.S. military demand collapsed in recent years, and the company is now relying on foreign customers to keep its plant in operation.
National Defense August 2010 Grace V. Jean	Engineering Workshops Now Available In War Zones U.S. Special Operations Command has come up with a workshop-in-a-box concept that turns engineers in war zones into real-world MacGyvers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005	Air Force Uses SGI Servers for Flight Simulator Leaders at the U.S. Air Force will use a new training facility designed by Lockheed Martin, MultiGen-Paradigm, and Silicon Graphics for night vision goggle training of its F-16 pilots.
Home Toys June 2005	Surveillance: The Next Step up From USB Webcams If you like what computer-based surveillance gives you but have been hindered by USB cable length or image quality, know your options and take a look at high-quality analog.
PC Magazine February 1, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	Lights, Cameras--Everywhere Astounding battery life could lead to the camera's next frontiers.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	Develop Wearable Power System And Win $1 Million The U.S. Department of Defense is looking for a few good inventors to help lessen the load soldiers carry as they head out on a mission. The right solution is worth $1 million.
National Defense October 2010 Eric Beidel	DHS Develops 'Black Boxes' For Mass Transit Buses The Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate is developing cameras that could serve as "black boxes" for mass transit.
National Defense July 2006 Grace Jean	Sensor-Fusion Software Technology Replacing Traditional Security Systems As more and more security cameras are being installed around the globe, companies are developing software solutions and other technologies that increasingly advance the intelligence of such monitoring systems.
PC Magazine October 21, 2003 John C. Dvorak	The New Digital Camera The sensor to watch is the upcoming 8-megapixel one from Sony, which will first be used in the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F828.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008	Army Depot Technicians Get Stryker Brigade Back Into the Night-Vision Business Civilian technicians from the Tobyhanna Army Depot repaired and refurbished 2,546 night-vision goggles belonging a U.S. Army Stryker brigade during a five-week, temporary-duty assignment.