L3Harris Technologies – housing manufacturer profile

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Company profile

L3Harris Technologies was formed in 2019 by the merger of Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies. Its night vision line comes from the L3 side, including the former Insight Technology and Litton lineage behind the AN/PVS-14 (M914A), the AN/PVS-31A BNVD and the GPNVG. After the merger it sold the Harris Night Vision business (the former ITT/Exelis line) to Elbit Systems of America. L3Harris also makes image intensifier tubes; see tube manufacturers.


Legal name	L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
Country	USA
Founded	2019 (merger of Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies)
Website	l3harris.com

Housings

AN/PVS-14 (M914A)

Type: monocular
Introduced: PVS-14 programme from 2000 (secondary source)
Tube format: Gen III MX-11769 (18 mm)
Weight: 350 g with battery
Power: 1x AA, about 48 h at 25 C
Waterproofing: 1 m for 30 min
Mount / interface: Head/helmet mount and Picatinny weapon mount
Features: Variable gain, autogating; Built-in IR LED; Low-battery indicator in eyepiece; 1x, 40° FOV
Status: In production
Data: Maker + secondary

AN/PVS-31A BNVD

Type: binocular (articulating)
Tube format: Gen III white phosphor MX-11769 variable-gain, 1600 to 2376+ FOM
Weight: <450 g with 1x AA
Power: 1x AA lithium, >=8 h (average 16 h); optional 4-cell pack >=24 h (average 50 h)
Waterproofing: 66 ft for 2 h
Mount / interface: Fielded dovetail helmet mounts
Features: Manual gain; Rotating pods, low stow, monocular use; Auto-off when stowed; Low-battery LEDs (about 10 min left); Replaceable tube assemblies; 40° FOV
Status: In production
Data: Maker

GPNVG-18 (Ground Panoramic Night Vision Goggle)

Type: panoramic (4-tube)
Introduced: Shown publicly October 2011
Tube format: 4x 18 mm MX-10160-style
Weight: <800 g without accessories
Power: Remote pack: 4x DL123 (low-profile) or 4x AA (cold-weather), 14 h at 25 C
Waterproofing: 1 m for 120 min
Mount / interface: ANVIS or BNVIS mount
Features: 97 x 40° FOV; Solder-free replaceable tubes; Detachable monoculars usable handheld; Optional IR beacon on cold-weather pack
Status: In production
Data: Maker + secondary

Successors and what changed

The AN/PVS-14 was designed from 2000 and has gradually replaced the AN/PVS-7 bi-ocular in US service: one tube in a monocular that can be hand-held, head- or helmet-mounted or weapon-mounted, instead of a bi-ocular goggle (secondary source).
The GPNVG adapted the panoramic aviation goggle concept for ground use.

Notes

An early 2011 report described the GPNVG with 16 mm tubes; the current L3Harris spec sheet lists four 18 mm MX-10160-style tubes.

Sources

Last checked: 9 November 2026. Spotted an error? Tell us in the forum.