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Company profile
Thales is a French defence group that develops soldier optronics at its Saint-Héand centre of excellence. Its night vision goggles include the LUCIE bi-ocular (1990s), the MINIE-based O-NYX, the NELLIE-based Bi-NYX and the PANORAMIC four-tube goggle unveiled in 2025.
| Legal name | Thales S.A. |
| Country | France |
| Founded | – |
| Website | thalesgroup.com |
Housings
LUCIE
- Type: bi-ocular (single tube)
- Introduced: 1990s
- Tube format: 18 mm (10130-type, as PVS-7)
- Weight: about 438 g
- Power: 1x AA, 45 h
- Mount / interface: Moulded-in dovetail
- Status: Legacy
- Data: Secondary
O-NYX (MINIE-based)
- Type: bi-ocular (one lens, two eyepieces)
- Status: In service (about 12,960 units, French Army)
- Data: Secondary
Bi-NYX (NELLIE-based)
- Type: binocular
- Introduced: NELLIE unveiled June 2020; Bi-NYX contract 2020
- Weight: <460 g
- Features: 47° FOV; Optimised for vehicle driving
- Status: In production (2,000-set batch order Dec 2023)
- Data: Secondary
PANORAMIC
- Type: panoramic (4-tube)
- Introduced: 2025 (SOFINS)
- Weight: 740 g
- Power: Battery; optional external pack
- Features: Extra-wide FOV; Compatible with Thales Xtraim; Funded by the French Defence Innovation Agency
- Status: Unveiled 2025
- Data: Secondary
Successors and what changed
- LUCIE (1990s) was followed by the MINIE / MONIE family (per a press review); the O-NYX is MINIE-based.
- NELLIE (unveiled June 2020) → Bi-NYX: the French Army binocular goggle based on NELLIE, optimised for vehicle driving with a 47° field of view.
Sources
- Friday Night Lights: Thales LUCIE (thefirearmblog.com)
- Thales makes first shipment of 300 Bi-NYX night vision goggles (fragoutmag.com)
- Thales unveils Panoramic NVG (euro-sd.com)
Last checked: 9 November 2026. Spotted an error? Tell us in the forum.