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Night Vision Goggles: ITT Wins U.S. Army Contract $120 Million

ITT Corporation has received a $121 million order from the U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command Acquisition Center for the AN/PVS-14, ITT’s most popular night vision goggle. The AN/PVS-14 is a high-performance, lightweight and reliable night vision goggle that provides enhanced resolution for target identification. These rugged devices can be hand-held, head- or weapon-mounted, or fitted to a camera. The AN/PVS-14 operates on a single AA battery, and comes equipped with ITT’s proprietary thin-filmed Pinnacle® image intensifier tube. The Pinnacle® tube’s ability to detect available light is more than 10 times the power of previous generations of tubes.

ITT has received Omnibus VII orders for more than 300,000 AN/PVS-14 monocular devices, 3,000 AN/PVS-7 goggles and 100,000 associated spare image intensifier tubes. ITT continues to be the world’s leader in night vision technology. In 2008, ITT became the sole supplier of the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG) for the U.S. Army.

The ENVG allows the user to optically overlay thermal infrared (IR) for target detection and image intensification (I²) for target identification. ITT has also developed five prototype ENVG (Digital) which digitally fuse I² and IR allowing for images to be exported into the tactical network. These units will be field tested at Ft. Benning in April 2009.

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