Night Vision Technology

Abstract

This Program Element (PE) conducts applied research and investigates core night vision and electronic sensor components and software 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, maintain a higher degree of situational understanding (SU), and operate autonomously. Project H95 advances infrared (IR) sensor technologies, investigates sensor materials, designs advanced multi-function lasers for marking, targeting, designation, wind-sensing, and range finding, and develops models and simulations for validating advanced sensor technologies. 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), PE 0603606A (Landmine Warfare and Barrier Advanced Technology), PE 0603710A (Night Vision Advanced Technology), and PE 060708045 (End Item Industrial Preparedness Activities). The cited work is consistent with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Science and Technology priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this PE is performed by the United States (U.S.) Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM).

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2019
Source ID
0602709A_2_2040_PB_2019
Change Summary Explanation
Reduce Three dimensional micro-electronics for Night Vision Sensors in H95 to fund higher Army priorities in communications and networks.
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Augmented Reality
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dynamic Range
  • Focal Plane Arrays
  • Focal Planes
  • Image Processing
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Lasers
  • Long-Wavelength Infrared Radiation
  • Readout Integrated Circuits
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Recognition
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics

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