OPTSYS - Onboard Optical Equipment for Military Vehicles

OPTSYS, a subsidiary of Groupe NEXTER, is established in Saint-Etienne in the heart of the Pôle Optique et Vision. OPTSYS is the French specialist and one of the European leaders in the field of optical and protected vision equipment for armoured vehicles.

For more than forty years, OPTSYS has been designing, manufacturing and marketing onboard opto-mechanical and optronic systems for use by the land defence industries.

Optical equipment for military vehicles

OPTSYS has the background, capabilities and technical skills for modernising onboard optical or optronic equipment on all kinds of old or modern military vehicles and thus extend their lifetime. Optical systems include:

• A wide range of protected vision equipment such as day, night or day/night periscopes and video periscopes
• Complete onboard vision and local situational awareness systems based on day, night or thermal cameras
• Customized software solutions
• Telescopic sights
• Muzzle sights (for boresighting)
• Diascopes
• Armoured windscreens per STANAG 4569 level 1 to level 4

Research and development of military vehicle optical systems

OPTSYS dedicates between 5 and 10% of its turnover to research and development so as to offer innovating products while meeting deadlines and optimizing the costs of possession for the benefit of its customers.

Our latest innovations include:

• Video periscopes
• Low light level night vision, EMCCD, intensified or thermal

Vehicle optical system creation and upgrades

OPTSYS takes part both in the creation of new products and in the upgrading of existing optical and optronic products. We can upgrade optical equipment on armoured vehicles, turrets and cupolas in accordance with over 200 equipment references, or according to client specifications.

Optical and optronic products and services

Our sales and technical teams are at your disposal for any development study, industrialisation or production of periscopes, sights, complex optronic equipment, optronic vision or sight system. These include innovating image treatment solutions such as detection and following of movement, image enhancement, etc.

Optical systems for military, law enforcement and emergency vehicles

We can provide onboard vision systems dedicated to surveillance or safety for a wide range of vehicles, including remote operated vehicles, police vehicles, fire-fighting vehicles and ships