From Special Operations Technology On-Line Magazine

In the last few years, there has been a trend toward developing [Night Vision] systems that fuse both [visible and IR] capabilities. "Thermal night vision tubes were once analog devices and now have become digital," said Chris Adams, president of Adams Industries. "That makes it possible to combine them with electro-optical sensors. It also enables data gathered by IR devices to be transmitted and stored. That is where everyone is headed right now."

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