Infantry Night Vision

Qioptiq, based in St Asaph, UK is one of the world’s principal designers and manufacturers of infrared and image intensified night vision equipment. More than 50,000 individual night sights have been supplied to over 50 different countries for a wide range of defence, police, border security, coastguard and search and rescue applications.

The company’s portfolio of products includes a complete range of equipment for use in the ground based environment, all designed to satisfy the most stringent requirements of international defence procurement authorities, and all fully qualified for use in the most extreme environmental conditions.

Offering a complete night vision capability, Qioptiq’s family of products also provides the potential for important logistical savings, enabling users to take the advantage of commonality of components that exist between the products.

Weapon aiming and target acquisition

Qioptiq provides a range of world leading night weapon aiming sights for a wide variety of platforms including individual assault weapons, light support weapons, crew-served weapons, anti-tank/anti materiel weapons and specialised sniper applications, using visible image intensifying and un-cooled thermal imaging technology.

Surveillance

A range of surveillance equipment is also available utilising both visible image intensifying and uncooled thermal imaging technology. Binocular and Monocular eyepiece variants are available providing maximum flexibility for surveillance applications

Kite – Weapon mounted night sight (Data Sheet) In service in over 50 countries

  • Compact and lightweight
  • Fully qualified and ruggedised
  • ×4 magnification
  • Image intensifier tube options
  • Suitable for short to medium range weapons

MaxiKite-2 – Weapon mounted night sight (Data Sheet)

  • Compact and lightweight
  • Fully qualified and ruggedised
  • ×6 magnification
  • Image intensifier tube options
  • Suitable for medium to long range weapons

Binokite / Maxibinokite – Hand held night vision binoculars (Data Sheet)

  • Compact and lightweight
  • Highly portable
  • Fully qualified and ruggedised
  • ×4.5 or ×6.7 magnification
  • Image intensifier tube options
  • Suitable for short to long range surveillance or gunnery fire control observation

Kos / Maxikos – Hand held night surveillance sights (Data Sheet)

  • Compact and lightweight
  • Fully qualified and ruggedised
  • ×4 or ×6 magnification
  • Image Intensifier tube options
  • Suitable for short to medium range surveillance, security search and rescue observation

SNIPERKITE – Night sight attachement (Data Sheet)

  • Lightweight and compact
  • ×1 Unity magnification
  • Image Intensifier
  • Suitable for long range target surveillance

VIPIR – Thermal weapon sight (Data Sheet)

  • Latest low powered uncooled technology
  • Compact and lightweight
  • Fully qualified and ruggedised
  • ×3 magnification
  • 24 hour operational capability
  • Suitable for use on short range weapons

VIPIR-2 – thermal weapon sight (Data Sheet)

  • Latest low powered uncooled technology
  • Compact and lightweight
  • Fully qualified and ruggedised
  • ×2.7 / ×3.6 magnification options
  • ×2 electronic zoom
  • 24 hour operational capability
  • Suitable for short to medium range weapons


VIPIR-S – Hand held thermal surveillance sight (Data Sheet)

  • Latest low powered uncooled technology
  • Compact and lightweight
  • Fully qualified and ruggedised
  • ×3 magnification
  • 24 hour operational capability
  • Suitable for short range surveillance

VIPIR2-S – Hand held thermal surveillance sight (Data Sheet)

  • Latest low powered uncooled technology
  • Compact and lightweight
  • Fully qualified and ruggedised
  • ×2.7 / ×5.4 to ×3.6 / ×7.2 magnification options
  • 24 hour operational capability
  • Suitable for short to medium range surveillance

SniperVIPIR-2+ Thermal Weapon Sight (Data sheet)


  • Latest Low powered technology
  • Compact and Lightweight
  • Low Maintenancex1 Unity Magnification
  • 24 hour operational capability


DAGIR - Uncooled DFoV Thermal Imaging Surveillance Camera
(Data Sheet)

  • Latest low powered uncooled technologyCompact design
  • Fully qualified and ruggedised         
  • 12.8/4.3 degree Fields of View
  • 24 hour operational capability
  • Suitable for long range surveillance

Logistic Customer Services

The Qioptiq Mission: To deliver a fully integrated support service that totally satisfies the customers’ needs.

Qioptiq has the skills, experience and commitment to meet the challenges of Customer Services – today and in the future

  • Tailored to provide flexible, cost effective, customer-focused services.
  • Applied by experience, highly trained staff with widely acknowledged expertise in all aspects of support.
  • Working in partnership with the customer to:
    • Drive down costs across the life of the equipment.
    • Maximise equipment availability.
    • Guarantee continuous through-life customer service.

Click here to view the Night Vision Capabilities brochure.