Testing new goggles

Soldiers Magazine, May, 2004 by Heike Hasenauer

FOR years, the Army has used image-intensification and thermal-viewing technologies to improve weapon systems. Now the Army Research Laboratory, part of the Army Material Command, is testing prototypes of goggles that incorporate both technologies.

"Three companies have created prototypes," Mark Bylan, ARL's project manager for sensors and lasers. Those are being compared to two existing types of goggles, the AN/PVS-7 binocular and the AN/PVS-14 monocular.

Venous units have tested the prototypes to determine how well they can help Soldiers detect targets in various environments.

--Army News Service