The Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle is lightweight, provides critical advantages on the modern battlefield
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – DEC. 7, 2023 – Elbit America received a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) to continue producing the Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle (SBNVG). The competitive contract is worth up to $500 million, with an initial delivery order for nearly $127 million. The goggles will be produced in Roanoke, Virginia. The company has delivered more than 15,000 SBNVG systems to the USMC since 2019.
The SBNVG has proven to be a game-changer in modern warfare, as it is lightweight without compromising capability. The goggles currently provide image intensification, with an enhanced clip-on thermal imager. The set-up allows Marines to operate at night, or in dark buildings and tunnels where one’s situational awareness is challenged.
The SBNVG is a helmet-mounted system that provides Marines with increased depth perception, enhanced clarity through high-performance white phosphor image intensifier tubes, a thermal-imaging capability, and more. These features, along with extra-long run times, provide Marines an added edge on the battlefield.
“No matter the light conditions or environment, Marines are tapped for challenging missions. Equipped with Elbit America’s Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggles, Marines can quickly understand their surroundings and act,” said Erik Fox, Vice President of Warfighter Systems at Elbit America.
“Elbit America is proud of our long history supplying Marines with night vision and electro-optic innovations,” said Raanan Horowitz, the company’s president and CEO. “We continue to refine our portfolio, offering solutions that enable the networked Warfighter of the future with sophisticated decision aids and display systems that work in all operational environments.”
More details about Elbit America Night Vision are available at www.elbitamerica.com/night-vision.
Are these PVS-31A with Elbit tubes, PVS-31Ds, or a altogether new device that just looks like PVS-31?
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I recall the days of the old Starlight scope. Vietnam era for those who never heard of it. Big, heavy and practiced with more than anyone used it. Things look like they are fast approaching the predictions of author Robert Heinlein’s novels. The only thing I wonder about is how much all this gear interferes with your ability to use your own senses while moving thru the woods/jungle at night? Hope the batteries don’t die at an unfortunate moment.