Companies downselected for British Army vehicle programme
It is believed that three companies did not make the downselect but a dark horse in Spain’s Iturri is believed to have got through.
DRS awarded night vision contract
DRS Technologies has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for the US Army’s Enhanced Night Vision Goggle III and Family of Weapon Sight (Individual) programme. The contract is worth up to $367 million.
The contract will see DRS provide advanced, fused night vision goggle and integrated thermal weapon sight system, designed to improve lethality, mobility, survivability and situational awareness for dismounted troops in degraded lighting and weather conditions.
The third-generation goggle improves situational awareness and allows soldiers to acquire and engage more rapidly.
Connected through a wireless system, the weapon-mounted thermal sight is designed to transmit imagery to the night vision goggle. This allows troops to stay protected while raising their weapon over an obstacle or around a corner, no longer exposing themselves to enemy fire to aim and fire their weapon.
Shawn Black, vice president and general manager of Infrared Sensors and Systems, DRS Technologies, said: ‘DRS has a long history of providing the US military with leading thermal weapon sight and night vision technology and we look forward to providing this important future capability to ensure our warfighters remain the best equipped in the world.
‘These devices are a result of years of DRS-led innovation and development through US Army and DRS investment. The result is a device that affordably and significantly improves the ability of troops to see and engage targets more rapidly in degraded combat conditions.’
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