Envis Aids Downed Aviators
Gene Adcock
US Air Force pilots no longer have to grope around in the dark behind enemy lines - hoping to avoid capture - thanks to a night vision device developed by the Night Vision Equipment Com-pany (NVEC) in Foglesville, Pennsylvania, USA. With ENVIS, the dark is a blessing. The Evader's Night Vision Imaging System (ENVIS) was devel-oped by NVEC more than ten years ago, but only recently came into its own, when it gained the widespread attention of combat aviation units operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. After years of testing - the ENVIS - a small, lightweight image intensi?ed mon-ocular is now part of the USAF Air Combat Command aircrew survival vest.
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