Night Vision Dev Ed
Abstract
This project performs Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) on high performance night vision, Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (RSTA) systems and other related systems that allow forces to locate and track enemy units in day, night, and all battlefield conditions, and through natural and man-made structures and obscurants. It also develops and integrates suites of these sensors to provide well-defined surveillance and targeting capabilities, as well as architectures for these sensors to communicate automatically. These efforts focus on meeting the requisite night vision and RSTA capabilities required for evolving Current Force, Modular Force, and Future Force systems. The project supports the 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared (3GEN FLIR) B-Kit program, which incorporates the next generation of forward looking infrared technologies. The 3GEN FLIR program will develop a common 3GEN FLIR B-Kit for integration into US Army FLIR sensor systems in accordance with the approved Improved Forward Looking Infrared (I-FLIR) Capability Development Document (CDD). The common 3GEN FLIR B-Kit prescribed by the I-FLIR CDD will allow the Army to achieve economies of scale and avoid duplicative engineering and development costs. As a result, 3GEN FLIR capabilities can be delivered at a lower cost to the Abrams and Next Generation Combat Vehicle / Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (NGCV/OMFV) platforms, while potentially leveraging 3GEN FLIR components for airborne applications. The 3GEN FLIR B-Kit provides Mid Wave Infrared and Long Wave Infrared digital video and the electronic interfaces required to integrate the 3GEN FLIR technology with the host platform sensor. When integrated in platform sensor packages, 3GEN FLIR technology enhances the war-fighters' survivability and lethality through increased identification range performance, while enabling the detection of difficult or obscured targets and faster threat detection through automated processes. The 3GEN FLIR B-Kit program is also a key element in maintaining the Army's FLIR industrial base. FY 2022 Base funding in the amount of $19.893 million supports the 3GEN FLIR B-Kit program activities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- L70_0604710A_5_2040_PB_2022
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