Boson Systems – housing manufacturer profile

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Company profile

Boson Systems makes the Proton series of modular housings machined from 7075-T6 aluminium. No official company website was found, so its location and founding year are not confirmed. The information on this page comes from dealer listings and a dealer announcement that shipments began in October 2022 (secondary source).

Housings

Proton MNVG

• Type: binocular / monocular (modular, articulating)
• Introduced: Shipments from October 2022 (dealer data)
• Tube format: 18 mm MX-10160 or small ANVIS-type auto-gain
• Weight: 179 g housing; 569 g reference build (dealer data)
• Power: CR123A about 25 h or AA about 15 h via swappable Lower Module (ERGO-LOCK)
• Waterproofing: IP68; 66 ft for 2 h; exceeds MIL-STD-810H
• Materials: CNC 7075-T6/6061-T6 aluminium, 316L stainless, C464 brass; Cerakote and Type III hardcoat
• Mount / interface: 6-pin system; Upper Module Interface (dovetail etc.)
• Features: Interchangeable PVS-14 or ANVIS-format pods; Patent-pending cableless, solderless module disassembly; Programmable VCSEL IR (18 and 60°); Multi-level EMI shielding
• Status: In production
• Data: Secondary

Proton Lite (and Proton Lite-O monocular)

• Type: binocular / monocular
• Tube format: Small ANVIS / MX-10160
• Weight: about 545 g binocular; about 270 g Lite-O (dealer data)
• Power: 1x CR123A (mono about 40 h)
• Waterproofing: IP68, 66 ft; MIL-STD-810H
• Materials: 7075-T6 aluminium
• Features: Nitrogen-purged sealed pods, swap mono/bino without re-purging; Simple analogue push-button controls, no electronics; Screwdriver-only field service
• Status: In production
• Data: Secondary

Sources

No official manufacturer website was found. The information on this page comes from dealer listings and is therefore marked as secondary.

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