Overview
- The Theon/Hensoldt consortium will supply Mikron binoculars incorporating 200,000 Exosens 16 mm image intensifier tubes valued at more than €500 million.
- Companies describe the agreement as the largest night‑vision contract to date, managed by the European armaments body OCCAR.
- Germany’s procurement authority BAAINBw and the Defence Ministry are cited by the vendors as partners in the program.
- Belgium converted options into a firm order for 4,000 devices, requiring an additional 8,000 Exosens tubes.
- Exosens and Theon extended their Long‑Term Commercial Agreement on December 3, securing more than 400,000 intensifiers to support large‑scale European adoption.