A steerable night vision system

A night vision system 10 for a vehicle 12 includes at least one vehicle directional sensor 14, 27, 29 generating a vehicle directional signal when the vehicle is changing direction. A night vision camera 22 is used to generate a camera signal and a camera motor 20 is used to direct the night vision camera 22. A camera motor control unit 18 receives the vehicle directional signal from the or each vehicle directional sensor 14, 27, 29 and responds by activating the camera motor 20 to realign the camera 22 in a required direction.