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Friday, December 28, 2018

PEO Soldier holds successful Soldier Touchpoint on the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle--Binocular (Capt Josh was nervous as to the outcome of these tests in October but he seems to be over it, the ENVG-B is heavier than previous, the mount needs tweaking and the compass was off 4 degrees)

"This was the first time we've had multiple vendors put their ENVG-Bs through a practice operational assessment," said Capt. Josh Redmond, ENVG-B Assistant Product Manager. "We've never done an obstacle course, navigated tunnels or fired Rapid Target Acquisition with any variant of the ENVG-B." 

Captain Redmond said the Soldiers wore the ENVG-B while going through obstacle courses and a tunnel complex, and they also carried out weapons and reflexive firing with RTA. In additional, they conducted squad attacks with room clearing and a movement to contact. All testing occurred both day and night. 

ENVG-B employs both night vision and thermal-sensing capabilities. The use of white phosphorous tubes, as opposed to the previous green phosphorous tubes, means Soldiers no longer see a green-tinted image. They now see nearly as clearly as one sees normally. Marine Cpl. John T. Fenley said the ENVG-B is so clear he is able to read with them. Being binocular, it also provides users increased depth perception versus that which is offered from the traditional monocular view.



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