Multi-Aperture Tiled In-line Sensor Digital Panoramic Night Vision Goggle

To address the Air Force need for a clip-on helmet-mounted digital panoramic night vision goggle (NVG) having cueing functionality, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to continue the improvements to the Multi-Aperture Tiled In-line Sensor Digital Panoramic Night Vision Goggle (MATIS-DPNVG) proven feasible in Phase I. The MATIS-DPNVG is based on a unique integration of four key technologies developed by POCs: multi-spectral, multi-aperture sensor based on compact reflective optics, multi-micro displays light engine, optical tiling compact reflective image projection optics, and parallel pipe-line electronic processor. The innovation of the MATIS-DPNVG system tiled in-line sensor display integration will provide low size, weight and power (SWaP), wide FOV (120 deg (H)50 deg (V)), and high dynamic range imagery over day and night conditions. By providing a 1:1 sensor/display imagery in real time in a common line-of-sight, the device will provide cueing capability and symbology overlay of on-board sensors and data. In Phase II, POC plans to optimize the design and fabricate, test against current analog in-line NVG based on Gen-III tubes and current weapon cueing capabilities in current day-only systems, demonstrate DPNVG night vision capabilities, and deliver a MATIS-DPNVG prototype to the Air Force.