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ITT gave us a look at its latest technology, called iAware Link. ITT has added the ability to display a video overlay in the eyepiece of an NVG. The feed can come from any SVGA signal and appears as in a box over the intensified or thermal image. The user twists a knob on the device to fade the video overlay from opaque to invisible. The overlay can pipe in a feed from UAVs, robots, computer screens, video cameras or a myriad of observation devices.
Exelis showed us the technology in its flagship product, the updated iAware Fusion. You can skip to about 3:13 in the video to see the actual overlay screen. The device is a commercialized version of the Army's ENVG, which offers thermal, I² and a fused mode (a combination of thermal and I² also called "Predator" mode). Adding the iAware SVGA overlay mode, iAware Fusion is also a little smaller, takes one less battery and has a beefed up metal front plate over the ENVG.
Exelis also showed us two more products from the iAware line. The Tactical Mobility NVG combines I²-only with the iAware overlay for the export market, and the Clip on Device is a box that adds the iAware Link SVGA overlay capability as a depot level upgrade for PVS14 series NVGs.
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