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== Products ==
== Products ==
Most night vision products produced by Elbit (and in the past Exelis and ITT) use a four-digit designation prefixed by the letter ''F'', e.g. F4212 or F9800.<ref name=":0" />
Most night vision products produced by Elbit (and in the past Harris, Exelis and ITT) use a four-digit designation prefixed by the letter ''F'', e.g. F4212 or F9800.<ref name=":0" />


=== Devices ===
=== Devices ===

Revision as of 08:54, 25 August 2022

Elbit is a manufacturer of both imagine intensifier tubes and many iconic night vision housings, such as the AN/PVS-14.

History

  • In 2011, Exelis, the defense arm of ITT, became an independent defense company.[1]
  • In 2015, Exelis was acquired by Harris in 2015.[1]
  • In 2019, during the merger of L3 and Harris, the night vision arm of Harris was sold to Elbit, in an effort to avoid monopolizing the night vision market.[2]

Products

Most night vision products produced by Elbit (and in the past Harris, Exelis and ITT) use a four-digit designation prefixed by the letter F, e.g. F4212 or F9800.[3]

Devices

Binoculars

Monoculars

Bi-Oculars

Others

  • Clip-on Weapon Sight (F7030)
  • Quadeye and Mini Quadeye (made by Kollsman, a subsidiary of ESA)
  • HDTS, Helmet Display and Tracking System[4]

Image Intensifiers

Elbit manufactures filmed third generation image intensifiers exclusively.

All series of image intensifiers are identified by a 9 as the first digit of the designation.

The second digit designates the phosphor color, with 4 standing for P-45 (white) and 8 standing for P-43 (green).

The last two digits refer to the tube format.

F9400 / F9800

F9400 / F9800 is Elbit's series of MX-10160 format image intensifiers.[3]

F9410 / F9810

F9410 / F9810 is Elbit's series of MX-10130 format image intensifiers.[3]

F9415 / F9815

F9415 / F9815 is Elbit's series of MX-11769 format image intensifiers.[3]

References