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Ruggedised Military Cameras and Camera Systems for Night Vision and 24-Hour Use

Established in the early 1990s, Defence Vision Systems, (DVS) is a highly-motivated and extremely flexible company.

Established in the early 1990s, Defence Vision Systems, (DVS) has expanded greatly since its inception when it began selling small, low-signal input cameras of high-quality, which it designed, developed and manufactured on-site to the defence sector.

A group of 30 dedicated scientists and engineers with an in-depth knowledge and experience in the field of cameras in the defence market, work for Defence Vision Systems in a secluded woodland area in Robertsbridge, East Sussex.

Ruggedised military-standard cameras

The DVS site has modern facilities, including vibration testing equipment and environmental ovens. Defence Vision Systems offers a comprehensive range of standard cameras and a highly successful custom service.

Low-maintenance cameras and camera systems

The company has created a family of low-light cameras and camera systems applicable to those projects that require COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) devices.

sCMOS cameras: monochrome cameras 1920 x 1080 pixel formats, digital and analogue output. Operating over 400nm to 700nm. Low-light camera with full daylight capability.
Multispectral Surveillance System : self contained, battery powered, multispectral system (400nm – 1700nm).
SWIR cameras: available in 320 x 256 and 640 x 512 pixels formats, working over the range of 900nm to 1700nm. Extended range available from 1200nm to 2200nm. Analogue and digital outputs, user switchable.
MICCD Intensified CCD camera: available with third-generation intensifiers. Monochrome camera 1360 x 1024 pixels with extended dynamic range coverage. 24-hour capability, working over 400nm to 900nm. Provides monochrome images from full daylight down to starlight.

Both the COTS and customer-specific systems are designed in accordance with either the applicable defence standards or customer-specified conditions for shock, vibration and temperature.

Military surveillance applications include:

  • Armoured ground and air vehicles
  • Airborne and ground gimbals
  • Ground force surveillance and target ranging
  • Helmet-mounted
  • Border surveillance
  • MULTISPECTRAL solutions available for all above applications

MULTISPECTRAL camera range for military use

The Defence Vision Systems range now includes:

  • Intensified CCD cameras for surveillance applications, offering fast-gated intensified cameras for use with laser illuminators
  • SCMOS cameras, both monochrome and colour, which provide a wide range of selectable functions
  • Current Defence Vision Systems developments include SWIR (InGaAs), Intensified CCD, and a 360° panoramic viewing system

DVS’s night vision and surveillance system applications have been installed in armoured and airborne vehicles supported by defence forces in Europe and North America.

Defence Vision Systems maintains a constant development overview to ensure all their products remain at the forefront for performance, reliability and value. Here is a quick overview of the development:

  • The high-resolution intensified camera using third-generation intensifier coupled to a 1.4MP sensor. When used in conjunction with a suitable auto iris lens provides the optimum image from full sunlight down to starlight, it has been available since June this year
  • The 2MP sCMOS camera, operating from full Sunlight down to clear Starlight, available now
  • The 4MP sCMOS camera, providing very high-resolution images from full Sunlight down to clear starlight, available mid-2013
  • SWIR cameras, both standard and high-resolution for use with 1064nm and 1550nm lasers and for general surveillance, available now
  • Laser ranging system, working at 1550nm, providing the user with the ability to not only obtain the range to target, but to actually see the laser spot on the target, available March 2013
  • Laser illuminator system, working at 1550nm, providing the user with the ability to see the illuminated area on the target, available now
  • Laser spotter providing the user with the ability to see lasers working in the wavelength of 1064nm and 1550nm, available mid-2013

Automatic plug-and-play cameras

All Defence Vision Systems cameras are designed to be fully automatic, plug-and-play, providing the optimum image over the full 24-hour period.

Choose Defence Vision Systems for high-quality cameras and camera systems at competitive prices.

DVS driving system

The DVS driving system is a bolt-on upgrade to existing or new vehicles and is simple to fit with the sensor package mounted onto the outside of the vehicle. The only item penetrating the armour is the cable carrying the power and images, with the driver viewing the image via a pair of head-mounted spectacles. The system operates over the range of 900nm to 1,700nm, provides a wide field of view and, according to the system specified, may be from 120° up to 180°. The field of view is distortion-free even at the edges of the image.

The 120° field of view system consists of two short wave infrared (SWIR) cameras with the images edged matched to provide a continuous distortion-free image. The imager is in real time and allows the vehicle to be driven at the speeds compatible with the terrain. Wider fields of view are available using three or four cameras. A four camera system provides a full 180° of vision thus also helping with perimeter surveillance.

The use of SWIR provides a full 24hr operation from full sun to starlight. In situations where the scene illumination falls below starlight there are two 1,550nm head lights, fitted in place of the two IR headlamps. These provide illumination over the field of view up to a range in excess of 200m.The 1,550nm wavelength at which these operate means they are invisible to existing battle field sensors, such as standard direct view systems, image intensified goggles or similar, MWIR and LWIR. Therefore using the 1,550nm head lights still enables the vehicle to remain covert.

White Papers

  • 24-Hour Target and Laser Acquisition System (TLAS24)

    The TLAS24 has been developed to enhance practice range equipment. The system allows the range officer to actually see if the aircrew have painted the correct target when using their laser designator, thus enabling a more detailed debrief on the exercise.

  • Defence Vision Systems Releases New Product Range

    Defence Vision Systems (DVS) is a high-tech manufacturing company who for the past 15 years has specialised in designing, developing and supplying ruggedised, military, 24-hr cameras and camera systems for use in defense and surveillance applications.

  • Surveillance System Enables 24-Hour Target Acquisition

    Multisensor detectors can be of great use to surveillance systems, whether they use intensified CCD, CMOS, InGaAs/short-wave infrared or long-wave infrared. These may be stand-alone systems or may incorporate a laser rangefinder or illuminator.

Press Releases

Projects

  • UH-60M Black Hawk Multi-Mission Helicopter

    UH-60 Black Hawk is a multi-mission helicopter developed by Sikorsky that has been operational in the US Army since 1978. The export version of the UH-60 Black Hawk is designated as S-70A.

Products & services

  • HD Format EMCCD Camera

    The new EMCCD from Defence Vision Systems is a high-resolution, high-definition (HD) format camera, providing a full 24-hour performance.

  • Surveillance Target Acquisition System (STAS24)

    Defence Vision Systems' surveillance target acquisition system (STAS24) provides full 24-hour surveillance capability with optimum vision from full daylight down to starlight, and allows the user to view the LASER spot on the designated target.

  • Rugged HR (2MP) Low-Light Camera

    Defence Vision Systems' (DVS) rugged HR low-light camera is a multispectral camera ideal for militarty use, and is designed and manufactured in the United Kingdom.

  • SWIR Camera

    Defence Vision Systems' short-wave infrared camera is suitable for military applications and 360° panoramic viewing systems.

  • High-Resolution ICCD DVS Cameras

    Defence Vision Systems' high resolution ICCD DVS cameras are designed and manufactured in the UK, and are built to high quality standards to withstand the effects of shock, vibration and temperature. The latest models also feature improvements like a third generation intensifier.

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Defence Vision Systems
Millham
Mountfield
Robertsbridge
East Sussex
TN32 5LA
United Kingdom

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