NVG have been around quite a while but they have drawbacks for civil use. They are controlled items, expensive to acquire and maintain properly. You require training of course but they also extol a cost in fatigue on pilots. While they are great for a military application where you need to constantly assess threats all around you, do we really need them for civil use?
Can we not move on and allow civil helos to use systems like Enhanced Vision Systems like this;
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Max-Viz
Let's hear it lads, fire at will.