United States Armed Forces

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The United States Armed Forces are the military of the United States of America.

Image Intensifiers

The U.S. military has an ongoing line of procurement contracts for image intensifiers called Omnibus (or Omni for short).

Devices

Over the decades, the U.S. military has issued many different night vision devices for different roles.

Night vision devices are designated using the JETDS system.[1]

A list of the most noteworthy devices includes:

Contractors

The USAF use various manufacturers as contractors to produce their military equipment, including night vision.

Cage Code

Most pieces of equipment will feature a cage code of the manufacturer that produced it. It is often indicated by the abbreviation MFR or CAGE.

Contract Number

As most pieces of military equipment are produced as part of a procurement contract between the government and the manufacturer, these items will often feature the procurement contract number on a label.

Overview

This table contains a list of contractors that produce or produced night vision components for the U.S. military.

Contractor Name Cage Code(s) Previous Names Comments
Elbit Systems Of America 13567 Exelis Inc

Harris Corporation

ITT Corporation

Contractor for Omnibus.
L3Harris 55311 L3 Communications Corporation

Litton Systems Inc

Contractor for Omnibus.
Carson 1XEP3

References