Elbit Systems Of America
Elbit is a manufacturer of both imagine intensifier tubes and many iconic night vision housings, such as the AN/PVS-14.
History[edit | edit source]
- In 2011, Exelis, the defense arm of ITT, became an independent defense company.[1]
- In 2015, Exelis was acquired by Harris.[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[edit | edit source]
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.
Elbit's website features a catalogue of all its products, including the category of night vision.
Devices[edit | edit source]
Binoculars[edit | edit source]
- AN/AVS-6 (F4212/F4210)
- AN/AVS-9 (F4949)
- AN/PVS-23 (F5050)
- AN/PVS-31D / Lightweight Night Vision Binocular (F5032)
- Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle
- TM-NVG (F6044)
- AN/PSQ-44 / ENVG-B (F6025)
Monoculars[edit | edit source]
- AN/PVS-14 (F6015)
- AN/PSQ-20 / Enhanced Night Vision Goggle
- AN/PSQ-20 / ENVG (F6023)
Bi-Oculars[edit | edit source]
- AN/PVS-7 (F5001)
Others[edit | edit source]
- Clip-on Weapon Sight (F7030)
- Quadeye and Mini Quadeye (made by Kollsman, a subsidiary of ESA)[3]
- HDTS, Helmet Display and Tracking System[4]
Image Intensifiers[edit | edit source]
Elbit manufactures filmed third generation image intensifiers exclusively.
Pinnacle[edit | edit source]
Pinncale™ is a trademark for Elbit's thin-filmed image intensifier technology.
Naming[edit | edit source]
All series of Elbit's image intensifiers use the F-designation (identifying format and phosphor color).
A suffix of one or more letters or numbers denotes a specific class of image intensifier tubes, defining performance ranges as well as other ratings.
- The first digit is always 9 to identify an image intensifier tube.
- The second digit denotes the phosphor color.
- 4 stands for P-45 (white)
- 8 stands for P-43 (green)
- The third and fourth digit denote the tube format.
Example: F9800XLSH refers to green phosphor MX-10160 image intensifiers in the XLSH class.
Classes[edit | edit source]
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M16G / M18G / M20G[edit | edit source]
M16G / M18G / M20G are three classes of image intensifier tubes with rising performance minimums.
The two digit number, when multiplied by a factor of 100, indicates the minimum FOM (1600 / 1800 / 2000).
They were developed when the night vision arm was still operating under Harris to comply with the U.S. Department of Defense guidelines for Gen. 3 export.[5][Note 1]
XLSH / XLSH2[edit | edit source]
XLSH is Elbit's class of commercial image intensifier tubes.
P / J[edit | edit source]
Export model, max. 1600 / 1250 FOM.[6] P meets the Omni V spec.
FG[edit | edit source]
Export model, produced for the UK. military. Most likely meets Omni V spec.
Notes[edit | edit source]
Further Reading[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://defense-update.com/20190405_harris-nigh-vision-acquisition-a-big-deal-for-elbit-systems.html
- ↑ https://elbitsystems.com/pr-new/elbit-systems-u-s-subsidiary-completes-the-acquisition-of-harris-night-vision-business/
- ↑ https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/8845378/quadeyetm-panoramic-night-vision-goggles-elbit-systems-of-
- ↑ https://elbitsystems.com/media/HDTS.pdf
- ↑ https://www.asu-nvg.com/Documents%20and%20Settings/39/Site%20Documents/Product%20Spec%20Sheets/New/F9800M16G_M18G_M20GSpecSheet.pdf
- ↑ https://www.asu-nvg.com/Documents%20and%20Settings/39/Site%20Documents/Product%20Spec%20Sheets/MX-10160_F9800_Int.pdf
