Tonbow Imaging, a Bangalore-based startup has signed a $1million contract to manufacture and export ‘night-vision sights’ for guns which will then be sold by a U.S. company to the Peruvian army. The device will be fitted on rifles supplied to Peru by U.S. manufacturer Unified Weapon Systems Inc. (UWS).
The deal with Fábrica de Armas y Municiones del Ejército (FAME), Peru’s state-owned military industry, also includes transfer of technology of the assault rifles and weapon sights, reports the Economic Times.
Mike Bingham, CEO of UWS said, “While most night vision systems run proprietary operating systems, Tonbo’s systems are built on Android. This makes their systems very secure and scalable.”
Arvind Lakshmikumar, founder and CEO of Tonbow Imaging, completed his doctoral work in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.
