The AN/AVS-6 Aviator’s Night Vision Imaging System is a third-generation, helmet-mounted, direct view image intensification device. It enables aviators to operate more effectively and safely during low-light and degraded battlefield conditions.
The low-light sensitivity represents a 35-to-40 percent improvement over earlier ANVIS goggles. Additionally, the gated power supply enables operation at significantly higher light levels than any of the previous designs.
All ANVIS systems are capable of operating for 24 hours on a pair of AA batteries.
![U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-10/mil-carlos-del-toro-uss-atlanta-1800.jpg?itok=28vQST14 "U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announces the branch's newest Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine will be named the "USS Atlanta" during a ceremony at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum on Oct. 23, 2024. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Riley Bunch/TNS)")
