Brillian Displays Ideal for Ultra-Bright Full-color Pilot HMD Applications
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. –
Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), a leading provider of high-resolution microdisplays for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), today announced it received production orders totaling approximately $3.8 million for its new ultra-bright, full-color Brillian Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMLCD) used by helicopter pilots to display real-time flight and targeting information. Kopin’s patented Brillian displays incorporate breakthrough advances in design and processing techniques to produce unsurpassed image performance in applications requiring extreme high brightness. The current orders have scheduled deliveries through fourth quarter of 2023 and we expect additional follow-on orders over several years in support of multi-year program plans.
“Our patented Brillian display’s provide ultra-high brightness and high-resolution in either monochrome or full color modes— making it ideal for pilot helmets,” stated Bill Maffucci, the Company’s Vice President of Government Programs. “These orders add to our strong backlog which include among other production programs the $19.8 million order for the Family of Weapon Sights – Individual units received in the fourth quarter of 2021, our recently announced $4.8 million order to support the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program as well as our strong funded development programs.”
About Kopin
Kopin Corporation is a leading developer and provider of innovative wearable technologies and critical components and subsystems for integration into wearable systems for military, industrial and consumer products. Kopin’s technology portfolio includes ultra-small Active Matrix Liquid Crystal displays (AMLCD), Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) displays and Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) displays, a variety of optics, and low-power ASICs which are individual components or combined into drop and play subassemblies. For more information, please visit Kopin’s website at www.kopin.com.
Kopin and Brillian are a trademark of Kopin Corporation.
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Kopin Corporation
Bill Maffucci, 508-870-5959
VP of Government Programs,
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For Investor Relations
Kopin Corporation
Richard Sneider, 508-870-5959
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
rsneider@kopin.com
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