Kopin, November 28, 2021 - WESTBOROUGH, Mass. - Kopin Corporation, a leading provider of high-resolution microdisplays for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), today announced it has recently started production deliveries of its new superhigh-brightness, full-color Brillian Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMLCD) for the Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) System for the US Army's helicopter pilots.
Kopin's patented Brillian displays incorporate breakthrough advances in design and processing techniques to produce unsurpassed image performance in applications requiring extreme high brightness. Delivery is on-going on the initial order of $3.5 million and we estimate the program's potential revenues are $30 million over several years.
"Delivery of production displays for the CHMD program is the culmination of a multi-year development effort to advance the capabilities of our AMCLD technology to meet the challenging requirements," stated Bill Maffucci, the Company's Vice President of Government Programs.
"Full-color Brillian displays exhibit brightness levels greater than 34,000 nits (10,000 foot-lamberts) and typical contrast ratios above 500:1. While Kopin has a long history of providing high-performance monochrome displays for pilot helmets, these full-color displays provide pilots with enhanced visual recognition of critical information."
The full-color CHMD is part of the US Army's Air Soldier System, used by helicopter pilots to provide both day and night enhanced situational awareness and survivability in all flight conditions. The CHMD is an advanced, see-through, high-definition, digital helmet mounted display (HMD) that supports the US Army's CH-47F Chinook and the UH-60L/M/V Black Hawk fleets.
"We continue to expand the boundaries of our display capabilities to provide our defense customers with the best possible equipment," said Dr. John C.C. Fan, CEO of Kopin Corporation. "A few years ago, a global defense company approached us to develop a superhigh-brightness, high-contrast color display to convert monochrome pilot helmets to full color. To meet the requirements, we developed an innovative process. It is so rewarding to follow the journey from a concept to design-in and now to production of Brillian displays."
About Kopin: Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN) 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 advanced optics, and low-power ASICs which are individual components or combined into drop and play subassemblies. Kopin is a trademark of Kopin Corporation.
Kopin's patented Brillian displays incorporate breakthrough advances in design and processing techniques to produce unsurpassed image performance in applications requiring extreme high brightness. Delivery is on-going on the initial order of $3.5 million and we estimate the program's potential revenues are $30 million over several years.
"Delivery of production displays for the CHMD program is the culmination of a multi-year development effort to advance the capabilities of our AMCLD technology to meet the challenging requirements," stated Bill Maffucci, the Company's Vice President of Government Programs.
"Full-color Brillian displays exhibit brightness levels greater than 34,000 nits (10,000 foot-lamberts) and typical contrast ratios above 500:1. While Kopin has a long history of providing high-performance monochrome displays for pilot helmets, these full-color displays provide pilots with enhanced visual recognition of critical information."
The full-color CHMD is part of the US Army's Air Soldier System, used by helicopter pilots to provide both day and night enhanced situational awareness and survivability in all flight conditions. The CHMD is an advanced, see-through, high-definition, digital helmet mounted display (HMD) that supports the US Army's CH-47F Chinook and the UH-60L/M/V Black Hawk fleets.
"We continue to expand the boundaries of our display capabilities to provide our defense customers with the best possible equipment," said Dr. John C.C. Fan, CEO of Kopin Corporation. "A few years ago, a global defense company approached us to develop a superhigh-brightness, high-contrast color display to convert monochrome pilot helmets to full color. To meet the requirements, we developed an innovative process. It is so rewarding to follow the journey from a concept to design-in and now to production of Brillian displays."
About Kopin: Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN) 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 advanced optics, and low-power ASICs which are individual components or combined into drop and play subassemblies. Kopin is a trademark of Kopin Corporation.
The Air Soldier System (Air SS)
US Army - The Air Soldier System (Air SS) is an Acquisition Category 2 (ACAT II) Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier program that improves Army rotary wing aircrew mission performance, survivability, safety and Situational Awareness (SA) by equipping Army aircrews and aircraft with improved protective, survival and mission equipment.
Air SS reduces the bulk and weight borne by the aviation Soldier by combining or eliminating clothing and individual equipment components and layers without compromising protection.
Air SS provides lighter weight body armor and environmental protective garments with fewer layers, including active thermal regulation. Air SS improves the connectivity between the Soldier and the platform; and aligns with Network, Soldier Lethality and Future Vertical Lift modernization priorities.
CH-47F Chinook pilots
Black Hawk pilots
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