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Night vision experts at the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., needed advanced nightvision goggles that enable warfighters to see several different spectra of light. They found their solution from DRS RSTA in Dallas. SOCOM officials announced a $1.6 million research contract to the DRS Technologies Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition segment (DRS RSTA) to help develop advanced digital multispectral night-vision goggles. Multispectral sensors capture image data at specific frequencies across the electromagnetic spectrum. The wavelengths may be separated by filters or by the use of instruments that are sensitive to particular wavelengths, including light from frequencies beyond the visible light range, such as infrared.