Army Updates Night Vision Goggles.

• Author: Lee, Connie

* The latest iteration of the Army's new night vision goggles could be in the hands of soldiers and Marines as soon as mid-September, according to a program officer.

The service is targeting Sept. 23 to deliver the first systems to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division out of Fort Riley, Kansas, said Brig. Gen. Anthony Potts, the head of program executive office soldier.

Sgt. 1 st Class William Roth, a tech advisor with the soldier lethality cross-functional team out of Fort Benning, Georgia, said the update to the enhanced night vision goggle-binocular, or ENVG-B, increases the system's sturdiness.

The latest upgrade focuses on the durability of the position assembly binocular, Roth told reporters in July during a media day at Joint Base Meyer-Henderson Hall, Virginia.

"We're just making sure that when the goggle is on the position assembly, that it's durable, it's stable and doesn't move," he said.

The Army tested the technology's durability in July, with soldiers hiking a mountain three miles up and three miles down under harsh conditions while wearing the systems, Roth said.

During the test, the goggles were durable and didn't jostle around, he said. "We are 100 percent ready to go when it comes to durability of the position assembly."

Additionally, the goggles have an augmented reality targeting component that is similar to the popular gaming app "Pokemon Go."

"If I want to plot a building or plot enemy or friendly [formations], I can actually plot it on here and see within the goggle," he...