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Newsletter
Quarterly Newsletter
Connecting ANVM Members, their Customers and Friends of Night Vision
Q1/2022 31 March 2022
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... by John Domalski, President. The next thing for us to look forward to as an Association is the Joint Service Night Vision Integrated Process Team Meeting scheduled for 28-30 June 2022 at Naval Surface Warfare Center/Crane. I have requested a copy of the agenda for this event, but have not received it yet. (If anyone has, please send it to me.) On the day prior to this event (Monday, 27 June) the Association is planning to host an open house-type social event at the SpringHill Suites Hotel which is located in downtown Bloomington, Indiana and is near three other hotels: Hilton, Fairfield and Hyatt. (Address of the SpringHill Suites is 501 North College Ave.) Hours of the event will be roughly 3-8PM. Depending on which night(s) NSWC/Crane selects for night hardware demonstrations, this event might be repeated on a second date. Hope to see many of you there.
We also have an industry day/outreach event to look forward to at U.S. Army C5ISR RTI (formerly NVESD, but known since November 1965 as Night Vision Laboratory or NVL). I have a Microsoft Teams meeting scheduled with Dr. Don Reago, Director, and his senior leadership team for 26 April 2022. I believe Dr. Reago is quite interested in holding this event, but I will know much more after this meeting. I will advise the Board of Directors (BoD) what I learn soon thereafter.
Regarding a Congressional Outreach Event in 2023 (as discussed at last December's Annual Meeting), planning is getting started with the Government Relations teams from several of our large General Members. Support from these teams is considered absolutely essential for promoting this event on Capitol Hill and giving it every chance to be successful. While several of these companies conduct similar events on their own, I am hearing that at least a few consider the ANVM event to be a "common good" kind of event that can attract a lot more attention due to the much larger number of companies participating. Such participation is key to demonstrating the wide range of equipment that is available to warfighters and for making sure its critical importance is known to the maximum extent possible in Congress. More to follow as the planning proceeds.
One thing we are not looking forward to is ANVM hiring a professional Congressional lobbyist. I contacted many BoD members during January and was told, basically, to let this idea go. An email from me on 8 February 2022 summarized what I learned on this topic.
2022 Annual Meeting, SAVE THE DATE: Scheduled to be held live on Thursday, 1 December 2022 at the Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel, Arlington, VA. It is also planned to provide virtual connectivity to this meeting via Microsoft Teams. A social event will likely be held the evening prior to the meeting either at the hotel or at a nearby restaurant (live only, not virtual). If anyone would like to hear from particular individuals from the customer community at this meeting, please let me know who they are.
Please keep in mind that the next inductions into the Night Vision Hall of Fame will take place at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Inductees will be Messrs. Mike Iosue (Litton, Northrop Grumman, L-3 Communications and L3Harris) and Mike Atwood (U.S. Army and Aviation Specialties Unlimited). Summaries of the voting for these two individuals was provided in the minutes of the 2021 Annual Business Meeting which were distributed by me on 31 December 2021.
Finally, please keep in mind that I am searching for old pieces of night vision equipment, in conjunction with Dr. Jim Bald from C5ISR RTI, for creation of a night vision exhibit to be donated to the National Museum of the U.S. Army at Fort Belvoir. All donations will be given appropriate recognition by the Museum. If you know of such items that are simply "gathering dust" in a back room or closet in your factory, please let me know. Old goggles, weapon sights, viewing devices, lasers and aiming sights for man-portable missiles—whether operational configurations or early prototypes—all are being sought.
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