Latest Night Vision Technology for Upgrading India’s Army and Special Forces on a War Footing

Photonis is featuring its latest night vision sensor innovations. With deep knowledge of night vision, Photonis clearly fulfils the need to upgrade the Indian Army and Special Forces with modern night vision technology. Especially for the need of night vision devices for soldiers, night sights for rifles and night vision equipment for armoured and mechanised formations, Photonis display’s its combat proven, ITAR free XR-5TM and XD-4 TM image intensifier tubes, with auto-gating. Also the black and white Onyx variant that is used in many night vision applications is being displayed.

As a world leading provider of innovative, cutting-edge, combat proven night vision solutions, Photonis offers a wide range of technologies and capabilities in various fields of activities. Besides the image intensifier technology, Photonis also features its digital night vision solutions Nocturn. The Nocturn camera is a digital extreme low-light CMOS camera, especially designed for high performance under both daylight and low-light level conditions (up to light level 3). With this the Nocturn perfectly fits applications where the highresolution detection and ultra-high sensitivity are required under 24/7 conditions. Its small size, weight and power (SWaP) also make this camera module ideal for integration into aerial, mobile and hand-held surveillance systems.

The XS and XL configurations perform both equally, but differ in housing. The XS version is the standard core and very suitable for integration in various imaging applications, such as CCTV security and surveillance, long range target identification, 860 & 1064 nm laser line detection, machine vision, UAV and other reconnaissance applications for instance. The XL version of the Nocturn camera has a CS mount which supports a wide range of standard lens options, including long-range and wide angle, to optimise surveillance field of view. It also comes equipped with a multiple industry-standard interfaces (cameraLink, NTSC, PAL, USB), and a choice of connectivity options including wireless and USB for a versatile plug-and-play solution. Besides the XS and XL version, characterised with a monochrome output, Photonis also patented a colour variant and one with a high resolution monochrome OLED micro display (MD) as well as one with a GigE interface (GV) for transmission over IP, that soon is to be released.