Aug 30, 2017   SOURCE: BusinessWire

Top 3 Emerging Trends in the Military Night Vision Device Market: Technavio

Technavio’s latest report on the global military night vision device market provides an analysis of the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2017-2021. Technavio defines an emerging trend as a factor that has the potential to significantly impact the market and contribute to its growth or decline.

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Since the inception of night vision devices, many technologies have been developed to increase their capabilities. The most critical technological difference between early devices and modern devices is of image intensification and thermal imaging. Image intensification systems require minute amounts of light because these systems absorb available light and intensify it to produce an illuminated image of the environment on display. In contrast, thermal imaging systems do not require any light as these systems detect near-IR and IR radiations that are emitted by objects in the surrounding. They convert these invisible radiations into the visible spectrum on display.

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The top three emerging trends driving the global military night vision device market according to Technavio aerospace and defense research analysts are:

  • Emergence of night vision devices with thermal imaging
  • Wireless technology associated with NVGs
  • Development of lightweight night vision devices

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Emergence of night vision devices with thermal imaging

“The integration of thermal imaging into night vision devices is proving to be a great innovation. Night vision provides soldiers with greater situational awareness by illuminating the surroundings during night time operations, while thermal imaging help soldiers locate a target in poor visibility conditions,” says Moutushi Saha, a lead analyst at Technavio for research on defense.

In 2015, BAE Systems announced a new type of headset that combined night vision and thermal imaging technologies. The new goggle, which is attached to a weapon, streams a live video feed from the thermal weapon sight via Bluetooth. By integrating night vision and thermal imaging capabilities into one device that displays the view on the goggle, the innovative headset will enhance the soldiers’ capabilities of acquiring and engaging targets.

Wireless technology associated with NVGs

“Weapon sights, such as viewfinders and rangefinders that are mounted on weapons, provide soldiers with the ability to aim at a target more accurately. This weapon sight had been integrated with night vision and thermal imaging goggles and has now been upgraded with wireless technology,” adds Moutushi.

The wireless technology is a merger between two separate US Army developmental efforts, namely the ENVG-3 program for new, upgraded night vision goggles and the Family of Weapons Sights-Individual (FWS-I) program for next-generation thermal weapons sights. The FWS-I is the lightest and smallest weapon sight developed by the US manufacturers, weighing at 1.5 lb.

Development of lightweight night vision devices

The weight that each equipment adds to a soldier’s carry-bag or backpack is inversely proportional to the speed and flexibility of the soldier on the field. Earlier, night vision devices used relatively heavier components that increased the weight that a soldier had to carry along with himself/herself.

ACTinBlack has developed a lightweight binocular night vision device with high optical performance and an ergonomic design. The Dual Tube Night Vision Goggle (DTNVG) has been designed to meet the lightweight demands of ground operation units. The DTNVG has a full-depth perception for all types of terrain, a low profile when mounted to the helmet, and a self-supporting structure for storage. It uses solid-state technology to control all aspects of the device’s binocular operations.

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