This document is intended to highlight critical design issues that a panel designer should understand when designing panels for NVIS applications. It is not intended to be a discussion of the benefits of one lighting technology versus another. See ARP4168 for a more complete discussion of these lighting technologies.

Purpose

This document covers design considerations for NVIS panels when utilizing incandescent, electroluminescent, or LED light sources that, when filtered, produce NVIS compatible panels that meet the requirement specified in MIL-L-85762 or MIL-STD-3009.

Definition

NVIS compatible integrally illuminated information panels are panels where the spectral wavelengths, luminance level, and uniformity will not interfere with the intended use of night vision goggles, and allow the crew member to view the panel with the unaided eye.