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U.S. Army issues urgent order for thermal weapon sight display modules
by Richard Tomkins
Woodborough, Mass. (UPI) Jun 24, 2013


Ultra Electronics, Atlas Elektronic Canada in suppy deal
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (UPI) Jun 24, 2013 -Technology is being supplied to Atlas Elektronic Canada by Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems Inc. for integration into low-frequency active sonars.

Ultra Electronics said it has received an initial order worth about $930,000 for its acoustic projectors.

"We are very pleased to establish this substantive partnership with such a first-rate Canadian supplier as Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems," said Rick Gerbrecht, president and chief executive officer of Atlas Elektronik Canada. "Furthermore, the introduction of Ultra into Atlas' global supply chain signifies our commitment to perform more high quality work in Canada as we grow our business with Canadian customers."

Ultra Electronics described the length of the contract as long term.

No other contract details were given.

"To be selected by Atlas, a world leader in advanced sonar systems, is a testament to the quality, reliability and high performance of our sonar technology," said Ken Walker, president of Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems

Display modules for the U.S. Army's Thermal Weapon Sight program are being urgently produced by Kopin Corporation.

The urgent order is the result of a product chosen earlier for the program not having met stringent military specifications, the company said.

"Dismounted soldier environments such as TWS are the harshest environments for any product to endure," said Michael Presz, Kopin's vice president of government programs. "We were informed that reliability issues were discovered with the alternative display technology during extensive testing. Our unique AMLCD technology, however, has demonstrated proven performance and reliability for the TWS program in over 15 years of deployment."

The contract is worth $9 million and is for immediate delivery of urgent new order calls for the immediate delivery of Kopin's VGA-resolution display modules. The period of performance is nine months but with options that could continue into next year, raising the contract value to $13 million.

Kopin in the past has delivered some 200,000 display units -- in component form, in a display module or as a complete eyepiece assembly -- for the TWS program in the past.

"Our overlay display systems for smart weapon sights can deliver brightness in excess of 5,000 ft-Lambert (or about 17,000 nits) for bright daytime use or very low brightness of 0.01 ft-Lambert for totally dark environments," said Kopin President and CEO Dr. John C. Fan. "This ultra-high brightness display system, including the symbology generator, consumes only 200 mW displaying overlay symbology at 3,000 ft-Lambert brightness, which no other imaging system in the world can match.

"We expect our proprietary display technology to continue improving and breaking performance barriers, which will benefit both the wearable and military applications."

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