A new video turn by a division of the US Army render off some unexampled night   vision engineering science that looks insanely futuristic , highlight the great unwashed and weapons like a   cyber landscape   and putting previous night vision to absolute ignominy . Gone are the green - lave , gritty survey of the people around you , now replaced by glowing figures of interest and details of the skirt area .

The video was posted last calendar week by the Lancer Brigade ,   also known as2nd   Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd   Infantry   Divisonwho are   stationed at Joint Base Lewis , Washington , and promptly gained traction across societal medium . They claim it is an upgrade to the current night vision binoculars , and they call it theEnhanced Night Vision Goggle - Binocular(ENVG - B ) . It is ill-defined what iteration this technology is , as ENVG - Bs has been in overhaul for a while now , but the soldiers definitely seem glad with the upgrade .

What you are seeing in the telecasting is a combination of cutting - edge nighttime vision – with higher resolution and contrast than previous iteration – and real - clock time augment realness that identifies edges and illume them to the exploiter . This way , it makes it extremely unvoiced to miss crucial pieces of information on the battlefield .

ENVG - B does away with the traditional greenish phosphor tubes and replaces them with blank phosphor tubes , which offer better contrast in poor circumstance . Alongside this , the new goggles feature an unified caloric imager that start the wearer to see through rubble , smoke , and other visual obstructions .   power by inbuilt battery , the whole system weighs around 2.5 hammer ( 1.13 kilograms ) , so it is not the light objective to have strap to your head , but   it can last for   over 7.5 hour on a full charge .

It is unclear   whether the new tech will be rolling out to the US Army as a whole or just a choice few soldier , but it looks like part of the United States Army Futures Command , which aims at modernize the   Army effect .

This tech is not necessarily make new , though . According to avideoposted in July 2017 , bound - catching on thermic site was in economic consumption   back then , demonstrating an ENVG III and a specialist thermal quite a little calledFamily of weapon system Sites Individual ( FWS - I)communicating with one another and using real - prison term edge   sleuthing .   Using this combination , the tidy sum mounted on top of a rifle can transmit the panorama in front of it flat to the soldiers ’ headset , permit them to plight   in scrap   without display   much of their body .

Watch as the FWS - I and ENVG III work together using edge detection . Video Credit : ARNEWS )

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