Performance history of AN/PVS-5 and ANVIS image intensification systems in U.S. Army aviation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3058, Issue , 1997, Pages 264-298

  McLean, William E ^a   Rash, Clarence E ^a   McEntire, B Joseph ^a   Braithwaite, Malcolm G ^a   Mora, John C ^a  

^a U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; AVIATORS; GOGGLES; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL; VISION; VISION AIDS;

IMAGE INTENSIFICATION; NIGHT VISION; THIRD GENERATION (3G); U.S. ARMY;

MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 3643065337     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.276647     Document Type: Conference Paper

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