Friday, February 08, 2008

I was just thumbing through the "Galls" Catalog - 2008 - "The Authority in Public Safety Equipment and Apparel". NOT. While the Generation 2+ and 3 tube based night vision equipment probably work "well", the housings are not compatible with most, if not all of, the U.S. Mil-Spec accessory equipment available in the market. If you want lower priced equipment for camping. Buy it. If you want high-performance night vision equipment for critical and demanding applications, buy ITT or Northrup-Grumman U.S. manufactured night vision equipment. That's all.

Thursday, February 07, 2008

This year (2008) at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, there wasn't a whole lot of talk about night vision fusion with thermal. Didn't seem to be a hot topic. However, it is known that the product is currently being developed as I have heard that helmet mount companies have already started to develop mounts for it. Look for the product within the next year or so, I'd say. It's probably already being field tested. We shall see. Be prepared. Night vision and thermal imaging in a small helmet mountable system will not be cheap. Without a doubt.