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France places additional order for Thales’s O-NYX night vision goggles

  • The French armed forces have demonstrated renewed trust in Thales, extending a long-standing partnership in night vision solutions with a new order for 3,000 O-NYX goggles.
  • The additional 3,000 night vision goggles ordered by the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) will be
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