LOW COST NIGHT VISION GOGGLES (NVG) FOR SIMULATION

THERE IS A DEMONSTRATED NEED TO DEVELOP A LOW COST DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR TRAINING PURPOSES WHICH WILL SIMULATE AN OPERATIONAL NIGHT VISION GOGGLE. THE SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNED IN THIS PHASE I PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE SIMILAR FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE TO CURRENT GOGGLES, YET WILL BE LOWER IN COST. THIS SBIR PROGRAM WILL CONVER THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPTICAL DISPLAY SYSTEM, THE DEFINITION OF THE DISPLAY ELECTRONICS, AND THE OVERALL PACKAGING OF THE END PRODUCT. THIS PROGRAM WILL NOT ONLY SATISFY THE TRAINING NEEDS OF THE NTSC, BUT COULD VERY EFFECTIVELY LEAD TO FAR LOWER COST NIGHT VISION GOGGLES AND OTHER DISPLAY SYSTEMS IN THE FUTURE. TYPICALLY NIGHT VISION GOGGLES ARE SOMEWHAT CUMBERSOME AS WELL AS COSTLY. WHAT WE WILL BE DEVELOPING IN THIS PROGRAM IS A LOW COST AND FAR SIMPLIFIED DESIGN FORM FOR SUCH A GOGGLE. AND THIS COULD HAVE FAR REACHING POTENTIALS IN THE CONSUMER WORLD AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF VIRTUAL WORLD DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND OTHER FORMS OF IMAGE DISPLAYS.