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Driver’s Vision Enhancer Wide (DVE Wide)
Leonardo DRS’ DVE Wide provides vehicle operators an expanded field of view (FOV) over the existing system. The New 107⁰ FOV provides enhanced situational awareness, for combat and tactical vehicles alike. The wider FOV improves safety and survivability by eliminating blind spots and allows operators to safely navigate through sand, haze, smoke, light fog and the dark of the night.The IBAS Block 2 is a high-resolution, high-definition color day camera and biocular display.

Enhanced Situational Awareness (ESA) System
Leonardo DRS’ ESA system uses the DVE Wide as the heart of the system. With its own built in video processing, the DVE Wide allows three external cameras to plug into the system and provide a stitched video output so the operator can view all the cameras on a single display.

Driver’s Vision Enhancer UltraLite (DVE UL)
The DVE UL is the perfect sensor for providing combat support and service vehicle operators with increased driver’s vision capability, survivability and mobility during day, night and in adverse weather conditions such as dust, smoke and haze. Featuring an industry-leading 640 x 480, 17 μm uncooled thermal detector, the DVE UL outputs a 40° x 30° field of view providing the driver with increased awareness and safer operation while driving on cliff edges and hills when facing forward.

Driver’s Vision Enhancer UltraWide (DVE UW)
The DVE UW combines industry leading 640 x 480, 17 μm pixel pitch technology with Leonardo DRS’ patented advanced absorber superstructure to provide greater sensitivity and superior image quality. Featuring a wide angle lens, the DVE UW outputs an image with a 114° x 98° field of view. This wide field of view provides the driver and crew with excellent close-in situational awareness and allows troops to deploy from combat vehicles decisively.

Abrams Driver’s Vision Enhancer (DVE-A)
The DVE-A improves situational awareness in visually degraded conditions, provides critical force protection, continued mission prosecution and operational effectiveness. The DVE-A offers the latest in long wave thermal imaging capability.

M9 Armored Combat Earthmover (ACE) Vision Enhancement System (VES)
ACE vehicles are designed to support the front lines, and so is the VES. With 10 combined daylight and infrared cameras feeding two in-vehicle displays, the driver has a clear 360-degree sense of the environment, and the Warfighters around them.

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The AN/VAS-5B(V) Driver's Vision Enhancer (DVE) is a passive thermal imaging system used to enhance a driver's viewing capabilities while operating during degraded visual conditions, such as darkness, fog, smoke or dust.

The DVE system consists of a Display Control Module (DCM), Sensor Module (SM), and interfacing manual and Electronic Pan and Tilt Modules (PTM and EPTM). The system operates from a single input voltage of 16 to 32 VDC. This system is typically utilized in tactical military vehicles, providing marked improvements over the previously existing systems.

There are currently two primary DVE Sensor manufacturers: BAE Systems and DRS Technologies.

Theory of operation[edit]

All objects above Absolute zero (−273.15 °C / −459.67 °F) emit infrared radiation (IR), an invisible form of light beyond the optical spectrum.

The optical spectrum is part of the electromagnetic energy spectrum which consists of ultraviolet, visible, and near, middle, and far-infrared energy. Only a small part of the optical spectrum is visible to the unaided eye.

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The Sun emits energy across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Solar energy strikes the surface of objects. Some of that energy is absorbed and stored as heat (thermal energy). After sunset, this thermal energy remains and is emitted in the form of IR radiation.

The DVE system detects energy in the mid to far-infrared portion of the optical spectrum.

Components[edit]

Sensor Module (SM)(also known as Sensor Assembly (SA)). The AN/VAS-5B(V) Sensor Module is a lightweight uncooled passive thermal imaging camera. The SM consists of an Infrared (IR) objective lens, and IR detector, signal processing electronics, environmental housing, and connector for the power, control, and video signals. The SM gathers the infrared image and transmits the data to the Display Control Module.
Display Control Module (DCM) – A 10.4 inch, 640 × 480, flat panel active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD). The Display Control Module (DCM) is lightweight and is mounted on the inside of the vehicle on a swing up mount over the driver's position. The DCM is a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) consisting of the operator's display, controls, and input/output connections required to operate the system. The DCM houses the electronics for viewing the IR information and presenting it to the operator as a video display. The DCM connectors and controls are labeled

to identify functions.

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Pan and Tilt (PTM) and Electronic Pan and Tilt Module (EPTM) – manual or electronic mechanism used to move the externally mounted Sensor Module.