Carson Industries Inc.

Carson Industries is a well regarded manufacturer of optical equipment and their mil-spec compliant night vision device lenses are considered to be some of the best available on the market.

As a company their products span a wide range of different areas but for our purposes we will remain in their production of night vision optics.

Binocular device with Carson PVS-14 mil-spec front objective assemblies installed. Note the distinct purple reflection in the lenses.

Like other manufacturers Carson front lenses have a multicoat treatment which reflect light of distinct colors.

Night Vision system compatibility

Carson Industries produce lens assemblies and related parts compatible with different specifications of night vision device housings. An incomplete list of the common systems below.

PVS-14

Carson produces lenses for use with AN/PVS-14 mil-spec housings such as made by Elbit Systems (original developer), L3 Harris, ACT In Black among others.