Ekran Optical Systems
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Ekran Optical Systems is a Russian image intensifier tube manufacturer. In addition to image intensifiers they also produce photomultiplier tubes. They are based in Novosibirsk.
History[edit | edit source]
JSC Ekran Optical Systems was founded in 1954, as the first large scale Soviet enterprise producing components for night vision. While experimental tube manufacturing within the USSR existed before Ekran, they were the first to mass produce image tubes.
It's initial line of products consisted of Gen. 0 image intensifier tubes (such as the V1P) and photomultiplier tubes (like the FEU-110).
Today, Ekran produces Gen. 2+ image intensifiers. If they are still manufacturing generation-0/0+ tubes and photomultipliers is unclear.[1]
