This SAE Aerospace Standard (AS) will specify what type night vision goggles are required@ minimum requirements for compatible crew station lighting@ aircraft exterior lighting such as anticollision lights and position avigation lights that are "NVG compatible." Also@ this document is intended to set standards for NVG utilization for aircraft so that special use aircraft such as the Coast Guard@ Border Patrol@ Air Rescue@ Police Department@ Medivacs@ etc.@ will be better equipped to chase drug smugglers and catch illegal immigrants@ rescue people in distress@ reduce high-speed chases through city streets by police@ etc. Test programs and pilot operator programs are required.For those people designing or modifying civil aircraft to be NVG compatible@ the documents listed in 2.1.3 are essential.