DEFENCE How THEON SENSORS became a world leader in night-vision and thermal-imaging systems The leading night vision manufacturer focuses on New Zealand with full through-life support delivered by Tactical Solutions’ service centres in Trentham and Auckland. With production facilities and head office in Athens, as well as offices in Arlington, Kempen, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Singapore, and co-production facilities in Middle and Far East, THEON SENSORS is today one of the Market Leaders in man portable Night Vision and Thermal Systems for military and security applications. Set up in 1997, THEON SENSORS has grown from a supplier to its domestic market in Greece to one of the leading global players, with more than 100,000 of its systems in use in more than 55 counties worldwide, and a de facto best-in-class designation from the US Department of Defense (DoD). THEON SENSORS owns all
of its technologies and thus is in full control of the complete design, testing and manufacturing process. Its manufacturing facilities and personnel have NATO security clearance for defence related projects. About 90 percent of its business activity is exportoriented. Before their entry onto the market, all THEON SENSORS’ systems undergo rigorous testing following military standard procedures, with the highest quality assurance and control criteria. Their high-tech features, workmanship and quality satisfy the demands of Five Eyes (New Zealand, Australia, Canada, UK, USA) endusers. From its first international contract award in 2004 for the supply of night driver viewers to the Australian Defence Force, many export contracts followed in Europe, including with the Swedish Armed Forces, The Netherlands, and Denmark, while entering into coproduction partnerships in various Asian countries. In 2013, THEON SENSORS launched the NYX night vision binocular in response to the apparent global trend of end users switching from monocular or bi-ocular to binocular systems. After a series of smaller contracts, THEON SENSORS continued its success with two breakthrough contracts for the NYX for the German Army and the German Special Forces KSK. In cooperation with the KSK, the NYX binocular underwent an 18 month acceptance test period during which
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