AB Night Vision – housing manufacturer profile

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Company profile

AB Night Vision (AB NightVision Inc.) is a US maker of machined-aluminium housings, designed, manufactured and assembled in Bristol, Virginia. Its range includes the RNVG, RNVG-A, MGA, RPNVG and RVM-14, and earlier the MOD-3 modular goggle. RNVG-based systems are also sold as complete goggles assembled by a US dealer.

Housings

MOD-3

• Type: binocular / 2x monocular (modular, fixed bridge)
• Tube format: 18 mm, PVS-14 optics
• Weight: about 650 g, manual-gain version (press review)
• Power: 3 V lithium (CR123)
• Waterproofing: Pods waterproof and nitrogen purged (secondary)
• Materials: Machined Delrin; gold-plated contacts
• Mount / interface: Bridge: dovetail (ANVIS ball-detent variant); mono adapter: PVS-14-style side mount
• Features: Detachable pods convert to two monoculars; No wiring through the IPD joint; Manual-gain and auto-gain variants
• Status: Legacy
• Data: Secondary

RNVG (Ruggedized Night Vision Goggle)

• Type: binocular (fixed bridge, ANVIS-style IPD knobs)
• Tube format: 18 mm
• Weight: about 570 g with battery, as an assembled system (dealer data)
• Power: 1x CR123, about 30 h; ANVIS-style aux connector
• Waterproofing: 66 ft submersible
• Materials: Billet 7075 aluminium pods and bridge
• Mount / interface: Dovetail
• Features: No exposed wires (contact strip); PVS-14-style power/IR knob on bridge; Built to be more impact-resistant than polymer goggles
• Status: In production
• Data: Maker + secondary

RNVG-A (ARNVG)

• Type: binocular (articulating)
• Tube format: MX-10160-style
• Weight: 170 g housing only; 567 g with mil-spec optics and L3 tubes, no battery
• Power: 1x CR123, about 16 h; 4-pin LEMO external
• Waterproofing: Submersible 66 ft
• Materials: Billet aircraft aluminium, anodised
• Mount / interface: Dovetail
• Features: Pods switch off when raised; fold flat to helmet; Coin-adjustable swing force; Drop-tested beyond MIL-STD-810H; IPD 47-80+ mm
• Status: In production
• Data: Maker

MGA (Manual Gain Articulating)

• Type: binocular (articulating)
• Tube format: MX-11769-style
• Weight: 210 g housing; 580 g with mil-spec optics and L3 tubes; 492 g with RPO 3.0
• Power: 1x CR123, about 30 h; 4-pin LEMO external
• Waterproofing: Submersible 66 ft
• Materials: Billet 7075 aluminium, anodised
• Features: Rotary power/gain switch; Push-button IR; Assembly without removing tube flex cables; IPD 47-80+ mm
• Status: In production
• Data: Maker

RPNVG (panning)

• Type: binocular (panning, modular)
• Tube format: MX-10160-style
• Weight: 605 g without battery / 621 g with; mono adaptor 320 g
• Power: 1x CR123 (about 16 h bino / 30 h mono); ANVIS-style aux pack
• Waterproofing: Submersible 66 ft (do not power on underwater)
• Materials: 7075 aluminium optical pods
• Mount / interface: Dovetail only
• Features: Switches between collimated straight-ahead and wide-angle panning (40-65°); Tool-free pod removal; mono adaptors; Built-in IR
• Status: In production
• Data: Maker

RVM-14

• Type: monocular (bridgeable)
• Tube format: MX-11769-style
• Weight: 300 g with mil-spec optics and battery
• Power: 1x CR123, about 75 h
• Waterproofing: Submersible 66 ft
• Materials: Billet 7075 aluminium
• Mount / interface: 1/4-20 side mount for PVS-14 accessories; top dovetail for RVM-14 Bridge or Arm
• Features: Rotary power/gain; Built-in IR; Two units combine into a binocular via RVM-14 Bridge
• Status: In production
• Data: Maker

Successors and what changed

• RNVG → RNVG-A: the RNVG-A adds articulating pods to the fixed-bridge RNVG, so the pods can be raised individually and switch off when raised.
• MOD-3: an earlier modular goggle whose pods convert into two monoculars; it is now a legacy product.

Notes

A press review attributes the MOD-3 to AB Night Vision; one secondary source names the dealer that sold it as the maker.

Sources

• abnightvision.com – manufacturer
• Friday Night Lights: ABNV MOD-3 (thefirearmblog.com)
• abnightvision.com – manufacturer
• abnightvision.com – manufacturer
• abnightvision.com – manufacturer
• abnightvision.com – manufacturer

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