These profiles cover companies that design and make night vision housings – the bodies of monoculars, binoculars and goggles. Each profile gives the company background, its housings with key specifications and, where known, how successive models improved. Compare all models in the housings database; all pages: night vision database.
Manufacturers
| Manufacturer | Country | In brief |
|---|---|---|
| Kauffmann-Bremin (KB) | Luxembourg | Founders of the original DTNVG housing design; makers of the DT-2 and DT-M binoculars. |
| AB Night Vision | USA | US maker of machined-aluminium housings from Bristol, Virginia: RNVG, RNVG-A, MGA, RPNVG, RVM-14 and the earlier MOD-3. |
| AGM Global Vision | USA (European office in Sofia, Bulgaria) | US/European night vision brand with the NVG-40 and NVG-50 dual-tube goggles. |
| Boson Systems | Not confirmed | Maker of the modular Proton series of machined-aluminium housings. |
| Code-4 Defense | USA | US maker of budget binocular housings such as the BNVH-40. |
| Elbit America / Twenty-Six Defense | USA | US maker (former ITT night vision line) of the AN/PVS-14 F6015, AN/PVS-31D and AN/PVS-33 BiNOD; operating as Twenty-Six Defense since 2026. |
| L3Harris Technologies | USA | US defence prime behind the AN/PVS-14 (M914A), AN/PVS-31A BNVD and GPNVG panoramic goggle. |
| Low Light Innovations | USA | US maker of modular machined and polymer night vision housings (MH-1, UH-1, MH-14), founded in 2020 in Rhode Island. |
| Newcon Optik | Canada | Canadian optics maker with the NVS 7 goggle series. |
| Night Vision Devices (NVD) | USA | US maker of PVS-14-type monoculars, BNVD-type binoculars and PVS-7 goggles; formerly Night Vision Depot. |
| Nivisys | USA | US maker of night vision systems, known for the MUM-14 multi-use monocular. |
| Nocturn Industries | USA | New Hampshire maker of lightweight Katana, Manticore and Raptor binocular housings. |
| Opticoelectron | Bulgaria | Bulgarian maker of the OE NVG-40 and OE NVG-50 dual-channel goggles. |
| PCO S.A. | Poland | Polish optoelectronics maker of ground goggles, monoculars and aviator binoculars. |
| Photonis Defense | USA (parent: France) | US subsidiary of Exosens making PD-PRO systems and the US Army BiNOD binocular. |
| Safran Electronics & Defense | France | French defence group offering the E-NYX night vision goggle. |
| Senop | Finland | Finnish maker of the EVA and EVA M night vision goggles. |
| Steiner eOptics | USA (STS origin: UK) | Sold the NVS-21, a commercial version of the AN/PVS-21 low-profile goggle. |
| Thales | France | French defence group behind the LUCIE, O-NYX, Bi-NYX and PANORAMIC goggles. |
| THEON | Greece (production in Athens/Koropi); holding company in Cyprus | Greek night vision maker (founded 1997) of the NYX, NYX-BiNOD and MIKRON binoculars. |
Companies not included
Some well-known names in night vision do not appear here because they make tubes or accessories rather than housings, because they assemble or sell housings designed by others, or because we found no reliable evidence of their own housing designs. Tube makers are covered on the tube manufacturers page.
Last checked: 9 November 2026. Spotted an error? Tell us in the forum.