Greece's THEON SENSORS supplies night vision systems to Switzerland

The program approved relates to 187 million Swiss francs for the supply of electro-optical systems to the Swiss Armed Forces, of which approximately 100 million Swiss francs are for products to be manufactured by the THEON SENSORS and SAFRAN VECTRONIX consortium.

More specifically, THEON SENSORS will undertake delivery of 8,385 new NYX night vision cameras and upgrade 5,700 existing night vision instruments. Much of the deal refers to the delivery of new instruments, most notably the latest version of NYX's binocular night vision system, considered the biggest "best seller" night vision on the world market.

For the Swiss contract, the system provided by THEON will be assembled by VECTRONIX in Switzerland, as provided by the Swiss offset legislation for the main foreign subcontractor (THEON SENSORS in this case).

The assembly stage in Switzerland will be carried out by both THEON SENSORS and SAFRAN VECTRONIX engineers, while THEON will provide all technical and educational support for the final assembly stage.

At the same time, THEON SENSORS is completing deliveries to the German Army, and in particular 1,700 binoculars for German Army drivers, covering the needs of night driving and 906 binocular for the German Special Forces (KSK).

As Vassilios Savvasides, General Manager of THEON SENSORS, stated: “This agreement, signed in December 2018, is a major success for a Greek company to penetrate Germany's competitive and demanding market, where products have to compete competitively. and meet the highest quality standards. "