Photonis presented its latest night vision sensor innovations at Defexpo. With deep knowledge of night vision, Photonis offered to upgrade the Indian Army and Special Forces with modern night vision technology such as night sights for rifles, night vision equipment for armoured and mechanised formations. Photonis displayed its combat proven, ITAR free XR5 and XD-4 image intensifier tubes, with auto-gating. It also featured the black & white ONYX variant that is used in many night vision applications.

Photonis also showcased its digital night vision solutions Nocturn, a digital extreme low-light CMOS camera, especially designed for high performance under both daylight and low-light level conditions (up to light level 3). Its small size, weight and power (SWaP) also make this camera module ideal for integration into aerial, mobile and hand-held surveillance systems.

Providing to customers a XS as well as a XL version, these configurations perform both equally, but differ in housing. The XS version is the standard core and very suitable for integration in various imaging applications, such as CCTV security and surveillance, longrange target identification, 860 & 1064 nm laser line detection, machine vision, UAV and other reconnaissance applications for instance. The XL version of the Nocturn camera has a CS mount which supports a wide range of standard lens options, including long-range and wide angle, to optimise surveillance field of view. It also comes equipped with a multiple industry-standard interfaces (CameraLink, NTSC, PAL, USB), and a choice of connectivity options including wireless and USB for a versatile plug-and-play solution. Besides the XS and XL version, characterised with a monochrome output, Photonis also patented a colour variant and one with a high resolution monochrome OLED Micro display as well as one with a GigE Interface (GV) for transmission over IP, that is soon to be released.