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Night Vision Devices


AEL Category: 04. Information Technology

AEL Title: Equipment, Light Amplification

AEL Number: 04MD-01-LAMP

SAVER Project: Night Vision Devices

Night vision devices use image intensifiers tubes to amplify ambient light to produce brighter images of the surroundings. Responders use these devices during nighttime surveillance, search and rescue, and covert operations.

Please contact NUSTL@hq.dhs.gov regarding access to the following additional documents: Focus Group Report, Market Survey Report, and Assessment Report on Night Vision Devices.

For "Optics, Thermal Imaging, and/or Light Amplification" AEL number 03OE-02-TILA please visit the Night Vision Technology: Image Intensifiers page.

Find this project in the FEMA Authorized Equipment List and InterAgency Board Interactive Standardized Equipment List.

Attachment Ext. Size Date
Night Vision Devices Market Survey Report PDF 2.55 MB 07/01/2022
Night Vision Technologies Handbook (October 2013) PDF 1.42 MB
Night Vision Devices Summary (November 2011) PDF 671.5 KB
Night Vision Devices Highlight (September 2010) PDF 276.72 KB
Last Updated: 04/11/2023
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