This is from Army Technology Magasine;

Reago: Our greatest success is as the devel-

oper of night vision technology. For more than

30 years, the U.S. military has been able to

proudly and accurately state that it “owns the

night.”

We have been developing the next

generation of novel new sensor technologies

that will provide the next 30 years of military

dominance.

and

Through scientific discov-

ery and innovation, we seek to

minimize the risk of transition-

ing emerging technology, and

to extend RDECOM “technical

bench,” by providing government

subject-matter expertise and act-

ing as a gateway to the academic

research community.

The ARL research portfolio

emphasizes new warfighting ca-

pabilities and countering emerg-

ing threats.

A recent example is the

discovery of how to exploit a re-

gion of the longwave infrared or

LWIR spectrum to image through

moderate to heavy brownout

degraded visual environment

conditions. Brownout conditions

occur when rotorcraft land in

desert and arid environments and

sand and debris greatly reduce

the situational awareness of our

pilots.