Infantry Combat Equipment (non-firearm): Vests, Body Armor, NVGs, etc.
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That is actually a really good idea. If they can put a shield on something like a stead-cam rig (or the exoskeleton works like one), it would be even better. The shield can be made heavier providing more ballistic protection up to, perhaps, an assault rifle.Exoskeleton at the SCO anti-terrorism exercise.
There is this post 2 years ago:
I'm guessing that ADNV is pushing the field in this regard.
Edit: Brigates makes the sensor iirc.
I remember hearing it was similar to gen 2 NODs.
Gen 2+ give or take. Purchased a G14P from them before they set up their new online store and spent some quality time talking with one of their engineers working on sensor integration particularly on their GF-31 units board setup (by the way the folks at ADNV are quality people, really enjoyed their commitment to their product line-up). Overall low-light sensitivity was about in line with my Photonis Echo equipped monocular setup. The biggest downsides though are still dynamic range, resolution to ID (particularly beyond 100m), and optical glass quality (artifacting/flaring). At a commercial price of just over 2k for its performance I'd give it a thumbs up especially relative to the typical 2.5k cost of a higher quality Gen 2+ unit. With all that said the G14P/P2 are inherently not the Type-21 monocular. While the CMOS is the same ADNV has their own calibration processes/optical hardware and the internal boards from what I'm aware of are quite different. Seeing earlier Type-19 monocular footage and some still frames from a Type-21 there are clearly calibration differences in the PLA monocular and from just the form factor differences alone they likely have little in common internally, to include the lack of on-board power in the Type-21 device. To wrap up my spiel, ADNV has definitely made a product that is comparable and competitive against Gen 2+ IITs and they came off to me as very motivated to continue pushing the envelope of digital wearables to include digital fusion devices (which were looking pretty nice seeing a GF-31 demo).
How was your experience stargazing with the G14P compared to analogue?
The experience was overall a positive one with decent resolve of stellar bodies but I still much prefer both my Photonis Echo and Onmi VIII setups for astrophotography as the image resolve of my analogue tubes still trumps the resolve power of my G14P. I actually really like using my G14P for camping now a days as it's extremely user-friendly for friends and sensor damage due is not really a concern while still doing plenty of heavy lifting performance wise.