Argus Optics Gets Big Job

Argus Optics
Gets Big Job

Argus Optics, local division
of Argus, Inc., has been award-
ed a $1,111,664 U. S. Army con-
tract to manufacture M-19 peri-
scopes for use on some Army
vehicles and at mobile com-
mand posts.

James W. Thompson, Argus
Optics general manager who
announced the contract award
described the M-19 which Argus
here has been producing for the
Army under an earlier contract.

The M-19 is sensitive to invis-
ibie infrared light and repro-
duces an infrared scene in ob-,
servable display form. Config
uration of the periscope per-|
mits observation to take place
behind built-in armor.

The new million-dollar-plus
contract "contemplates instal-
lation of the periscope on Ar-
mored personnel carriers, re-
connaissance vehicles, at mo-
bile command posts, besides in-
stallation on mortar carriers,"
Thompson said.

An Argus spokesman said
the new contract will not cause
an increase in employment at
the 250-employe factory.

Argus has received more than
$3,500,000 in military orders in
the past year, according to Mal-
colm N. Smith of Chicago, Ar-
gus, Inc., president. "This lat-
est contract is indicative of the
increasing emphasis that Argus
is placing in the precision op-
tical market as part of an
o v e r-a 11 diversification pro-
gram," Smith said.