Brace Yourself For The Headless Sharpshooter: army found the money ($770 million) to buy over 50,000 of the new ENVG II (eMagin Inside), which cost about $13,700 each:Electronic Weapons: Brace Yourself For The Headless Sharpshooter

The earlier thermal imager was also very popular, but carrying both night sights was not. At first, the plan was not to equip all combat troops with the more expensive combined sight. That soon changed once user reports came back, praising the ENVG and describing how much of a life-saver it was. Not all non-combat troops will have an ENVG, but every unit will have some. The army found the money ($770 million) to buy over 50,000 of the new ENVG IIs, which cost about $13,700 each. ENVG III is not expected to cost much more. The digital rifle sight enters service in 2015 and is basically a thermal sight that is an add-on for the existing day sight for rifles and light machine-guns.

The SENVGs were equally expensive and difficult to produce and special operations troops (Special Forces and SEALs) got them first. The new technology in Spiral Enhanced Night Vision Goggles will be included in weapons sights as well as vehicle night vision equipment. Same with the new all-digital equipment.

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