NIGHT VISION TECHNOLOGY
Abstract
This program element (PE) designs and develops core night vision and electronic sensor technologies to improve the Army's capability to operate in all battlefield conditions. Technologies pursued in this PE have the potential to provide the Army with new, or enhanced, capabilities to detect and identify targets farther on the battlefield, operate in obscured conditions, and maintain a higher degree of situational awareness (SA). Project H95 researches new infrared (IR) Focal Plane Array (FPA) technologies, assesses and evaluates sensor materials, designs advanced multi-function lasers for designation and range finding, and develops modeling and simulation for advanced sensor technologies. In FY11 through FY16 investments in advanced IR FPA technologies are increasing to expand research in novel FPA designs to ensure a world-wide technological and competitive IR sensor advantage for the United States. Project K90 funds congressional special interest items. Work in this PE is fully coordinated with PE 0602120A (Sensors and Electronic Survivability), PE 0602705A (Electronics and Electronic Devices), PE 0602712A (Countermine Technology), and PE 0603710A (Night Vision Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Director, Defense Research and Engineering Strategic Plan, the Army Modernization Strategy, and the Army Science and Technology Master Plan. Work in this PE is performed by the Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM)/Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC)/Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), Fort Belvoir, VA.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- 0602709A_2_2040_PB_2012
- Change Summary Explanation
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
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