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Upgrades to the US Army’s night vision technology make darkness into a video game
They make it easier for soldiers to know what they’re looking at
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Image: Lancer Brigade
The US Army’s Lancer Brigade showed footage of the world as seen through the latest in night vision technology, and it’s a major improvement on the familiar blurry green visuals. By swapping the standard green tubes for white (along with other tweaks), the new Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binoculars (ENVG-B) clearly show people and objects outlined in a glowing light, almost like a video game objective.
Sig Sauer delivers Next Generation Weapons System prototypes to U.S. Army
By (0) Sig Sauer, one of three companies competing to supply the U.S. Army with its new Next Generation Squad Weapon system, announced it has delivered the last of it s prototypes to the branch for testing including the pictured NGSW-AR. Photo courtesy of Sig Sauer
Feb. 3 (UPI) Armaments maker Sig Sauer Inc. announced its final delivery of prototypes to the U.S. Army for the Next Generation Squad Weapons systems this week.
The Army plans to select one of three firms the other two are Textronand General Dynamics to manufacture the new weapons system in the first quarter of fiscal 2022.