Evaluation of Night Vision Goggles (NVG) for Maritime Search and Rescue (Joint Canadian/U.S. Coast Guard Experiment)
1991
Robe, R. Q. | Plourde, J. V. | Marsee, R. L.
Three experiments were conducted in 1989 and three more were conducted in 1990 by the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development (R&D) Center to evaluate night vision goggles (NVGs) for their effectiveness in detecting small targets at night. Three types of NVGs have been evaluated: the AN/AVS-6 Aviators Night Vision Imaging System (ANVIS) NVG has been tested onboard U.S. Coast Guard HH-3 and CH-3 helicopters, and the AN/PVS-5C and AN/PVS-7A NVGs have been tested onboard U.S. Coast Guard 41 -foot utility boats (UTBs) and a U.S. Coast Guard 210-foot medium endurance cutter and a Canadian Coast Guard 234-foot (71.5-meter) ship. During the fall 1990 experiment in the waters of Canso Bank off the coast of Nova Scotia, the medium endurance cutter and Canadian Coast Guard ship were employed in realistically-simulated search missions for 4- and 6-person lighted and unlighted life rafts with retroreflective tape. This interim report discusses the results of the Canso Bank experiment.
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