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Marine Corps To Acquire Additional Units For New Night Vision Goggles

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019

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Marine Corps To Acquire Additional Units For New Night Vision Goggles

Night Vision Systems Photo: Exelis

The Marine Corps said Tuesday it has grown its acquisition strategy for its next-generation night vision goggles with a plan to purchase an additional 1,300 units ahead of the imminent release of a final proposal request for the larger program. The Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggles (SBNVG) program, to replace the current Army/Navy Portable Visual Search devices the Marine Corps used since the 1990s, is set to ultimately include a purchase of 16,000 units. “We have employed a bridge capability…

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