1986年1月28日至2月2日在北京举办的国际国防工业展览会上展出了美国军用热象仪通用组件。1972年,Texas Instruments公司和美国陆军夜视实验室受美国国防部的委托,发展了供美国三军用的热象仪通用组件,于1975年正式定型,为国防部所接受,并由它买下全部生产制造技术及专利,组织Texas Instruments公司、Hughes公司和Kollsman公司等开始批量生产。这种通用组件军用热象仪被美国三军的多种战术武器所采用,成为 January 28, 1986 to February 2 at the Beijing International Defense Industry Exhibition held on display at the US military thermal imager generic components. In 1972, Texas Instruments and the US Army Night Vision Laboratory, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Defense, developed a common thermal imaging element for use by the U.S. Armed Forces, formally formalized in 1975, accepted by the Department of Defense and bought by it All manufacturing technology and patents, organizations Texas Instruments, Hughes and Kollsman companies began mass production. This generic component military thermal imager was adopted by various tactical weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces