Norway orders Safran thermal imagers
Safran Vectronix has been selected by the Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency to deliver several hundred Moskito TI and Jim Compact thermal imagers to the Norwegian armed forces, the company announced on 13 July.
The equipment will fulfil the medium and long range requirements of the Norwegian armed forces including day and night observation, target acquisition, artillery correction and fire support, forward observer and joint terminal attack controller.
Moskito TI is a 1.3kg monocular handheld system that combines several sensors and modules, including an uncooled thermal imager, high grade direct view optics, low light TV (LLTV) channel, a laser rangefinder (LRF), a digital magnetic compass (DMC) and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver.
The Jim Compact is a multifunctional, binocular and compact long-range handheld device that weighs 2kg and combines a cooled high resolution thermal imager, advanced TV channel, embedded see spot capability, infrared laser pointer, LRF, LLTV channel, a DMC and a GPS receiver.
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