Catalogue No: | C1581 |
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Category: | Head-Mounted Equipment [HMD/NVG/Glasses] |
Object Type: | Medal/Badge |
Object Name: | Cats Eyes™ Badge |
Part No: | None |
Serial No: | None |
Manufacturer: | Marconi Avionics |
Division: | Airborne Display [ADD] |
Platform(s): | |
Year of Manufacture: | circa 1985 |
Dimensions: |
Width (mm): 37 Height (mm): 37 Depth (mm): 4 Weight (g): 5 |
Location: | Pin-On Badges Box in Cupboard CK (Display 6) [Main Store] |
Marconi Avionics
Cats Eyes
This is a metal badge with a pin fastener at the rear. It shows the Marconi Avionics logo with the name ‘Cats Eyes’ in green with a cat’s face below given the same green eyes. The face is used on the related Brochure D0023. Cats Eyes was a Night Vision Goggle system first seen around 1982 and the Brochure dates from this early design. However, the NVG design was much improved in later years seeing service with the US Marine Corps. The RAA has two of these badges