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The Baird GP/NVG-1 is a bi-ocular night vision housing produced by the company Baird in the early 1980's in the United States.
It uses an EEV M849 tube format, with a concave input. Contrary to belief, this means that the device does not accept standard MX-10130 format image intensifiers used by the AN/PVS-7.
The Baird was also produced both with and without a head-mount adapter.
The device is powered by an E132 battery, which seems to be almost nonexistent today. However, it works with a few select alternative batteries still in production, including the Varta 6237.
History
Baird was originally a company created around the late 70's, early 80's but is not certain, as there is very limited information on the company.
The GP/NVG-1 was developed as a candidate for the AN/PVS-7A, however later the M972/M973 developed by Litton was chosen instead.[1]
Baird has however delivered the GP/NVG-1 device to several militaries around the world, including Spain and Denmark.
Baird as a company was later taken over by Litton, and it is unsure if they seized production of the GP/NVG-1.