surroundings and to perform their duties more safely and with
increased effectiveness. This operational insight provides tactical
and strategic alternatives for mission success and mitigates the
risk of surprise attacks.
INTELLIGENCE AND SURVEILLANCE
NVESD delivers tactical, ground-based persistent surveillance,
perimeter defense, and airborne persistent surveillance
technologies to enable increased Soldier situational awareness,
provide strategic alternatives and operational overmatch.
RECONNAISSANCE AND TARGETING ACQUISITION
NVESD researches, develops, tests and evaluates electro-optic/
infrared (EO/IR) sensor technologies for airborne and groundbased
reconnaissance and targeting under all battlefield
conditions. NVESD also expands tactical use of laser designators
and markers for precision engagement, day or night, while
maintaining the capability to maneuver.
SOLDIER SENSORS
NVESD researches, develops, tests and evaluates sensors,
algorithms, processing techniques and lasers to enable
increased Soldier situational awareness, mobility, target
acquisition and target handoff.
COUNTER-IED AND MINE-FIELD DETECTION AND DEFEAT
NVESD investigates, designs, and matures handheld, vehicle
mounted, and airborne detection and neutralization technologies
to improve countermine/counter-IED capabilities enabling
assured mobility and increased survivability.
Night Vision
Sergeant Christopher Jeffery, a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter
crew chief assigned to 1st Battalion “Attack”, 10th Combat Aviation
Brigade, adjusts an ammunition can for an M-240H machine prior to
a personnel movement mission, at Forward Operating Base Fenty, in
Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Photo Credit: US Army photo.
Night Vision Training
US Army Soldiers assigned to Viper Company, 1-26 Infantry, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), with the East Africa Response Force (EARF), prepare
for night vision training at Grand Bara, Djibouti. Photo Credit: US Air Force photo
by Staff Sergeant Amy Picard.
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