Elbit Systems Of America

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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

Products that have been developed by Elbit's night vision arm (even when it belonged to Harris, Exelis, or 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.

The series of image intensifiers produced by Elbit follow

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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://defense-update.com/20190405_harris-nigh-vision-acquisition-a-big-deal-for-elbit-systems.html
  2. ↑ https://elbitsystems.com/pr-new/elbit-systems-u-s-subsidiary-completes-the-acquisition-of-harris-night-vision-business/
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://www.elbitamerica.com/night-vision
  4. ↑ https://elbitsystems.com/media/HDTS.pdf
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