ITT to provide U.S. military aviation with small, light 16-millimeter night-vision tubes

ROANOKE, Va., 10 June, 2008. Engineers at the ITT Corp. Night Vision segment in Roanoke, Va., will provide aircraft pilots in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force with 16-millimeter image intensifier tubes for the aircraft-based night-vision systems.

ITT Night Vision is working under terms of a $14 million order from Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC Inc. for 16-millimeter imaging intensifiers, which will be integrated into the Panoramic Night Vision Goggle (PNVG) and the Quad-Eye—aviation systems that operate with four image intensifier tubes rather than the traditional two night vision intensifier tubes to expand field of view for users.

The PNVGs are the U.S. Air Force and Army while the Quad-Eye will serve Navy aviators as part of the Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS).

The 16-mm tube also is used in ITT's Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG), the first sensor-fused, helmet-mounted monocular to combine infrared and image intensification imagery, produced for the U.S. Army. For more information contact ITT Night Vision online at www.nightvision.com.