PBN Innovative Companies 2022
TECHNOLOGY: Technology Solutions Inc.
NVTS NIGHT VISION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS Inc. has seen a lot of changes over the past year as the North Kingstown-based organization gears up for the future.
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NVTS, which makes thermal camera systems that are often used for U.S. military and commercial maritime applications, and even whale detection, has earned grants such as a 2019-20 Rhode Island State Innovation Grant and a 2022 grant from Veterans Ventures Capital. This year, NVTS has made the switch from an LLC to a C corporation and has moved from Jamestown to Quonset Business Park.
“There’s a sense of pride behind what we do,” NVTS CEO and President Joe Janson said.
Janson, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran, says solving problems is a core motivation for the work that his company does. If problems for the customer can be solved, lives can be saved, he said, whether there are ground forces or with search and rescue.
“If what we produce is able to assist and save lives or solve a problem, then that excites us,” Janson said. “We’re always looking for something that is also replacing something else out there that is old and antiquated.”
Some of NVTS’ products include driver vision enhancers, which are cameras placed on vehicles to provide drivers with vision for night and day, and the Guardian 4, which allows operators to see clearly in all types of weather out at sea. NVTS’ cameras can capture images from nearly 25 miles away and can be used for purposes such as search and rescue, surveillance and border patrol. They have a price range of between $25,000 to $400,000.
Janson draws from his own military knowledge and Rhode Island connection in his work.
“Being ex-Coast Guard, being on the ocean here in Rhode Island and having that experience, I’m very in tune with operator issues on a maritime basis,” Janson said. “Since our products are mostly military base, some light commercial, we understand what’s needed in this space with operation, the motion of the vessels on that and so we’re always looking at ways to improve.”
