Maybe the price of my SOPHIEs will come down now......:o)
We paid 75k for these critters back a few years ago......work well but need to be cared for . Not grunt proof at all IMO.
http://www.thalescomminc.com/datasheets/Leaflet_SOPHIEMF.pdf
In the high end yacht mags that serve a clientele of 100+ foot boats, they advertise on full glossy pages an integrated system that goes up high in it’s own little turret dome that can pan/tilt/zoom etc under control from the bridge or other station.
The have day video, night vision, and thermal integrated and you can tweak the display anyway you want to bring up the aspect most helpful at that time.
Starter units cost about 150K to the Richard Branson crowd.
But the same tech makes up the CROWS unit, slaving a 50 caliber or whatever on the roof or in the turret to a Playstation era 19 year old nerd who can shoot the gun form cover (theoretically.)
I knew they were the size to mount on vehicles and boats, but HELMETS????? CRIMINY!