NVTS Launches the DVE-3 Wide, a Panoramic Thermal and Visible Driver Vision Enhancer for Tactical Vehicles

NVTS Night Vision Technology Solutions, a Veteran Ventures Capital Fund I portfolio company, launched the DVE-3 Wide on July 9, a high-resolution visible and thermal driver's vision enhancer for tracked and tactical wheeled vehicles.

The system pairs three 640 by 512 long-wave infrared thermal cameras with three high-definition electro-optical cameras to give the driver up to a 127-degree horizontal field of view in a single panoramic image. Operators can toggle between single-view, dual-view panoramic, and blended thermal and visible modes, and AI-enhanced classification distinguishes vehicles from people. The system is built to operate in complete darkness, fog, smoke, haze and high-particulate environments.

NVTS designed the DVE-3 Wide for platforms including the JLTV, Abrams, Bradley, Stryker, M88, HMMWV, HEMTT, FMTV, M270 MLRS and MRAP variants. It is backward-compatible with the legacy AN/VAS-5B Driver's Vision Enhancer fielded across the Army's vehicle fleet, which allows units to upgrade without replacing installed infrastructure.

The launch follows the company's introduction of the G5-280 and G5-280HD earlier this year. NVTS, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, supplies thermal imaging camera systems to government, homeland security and defense customers, and Veteran Ventures Capital invested in the company through Fund I.

Sources: NVTS.

Concept image: VVC, based on the NVTS DVE-3 Wide product reference