Dave Savastano10.30.14
eMagin Corporation, a leader in OLED microdisplays and virtual imaging technologies, previously announced on Oct. 9, 2014 a total of $6.8 million in new R&D contract awards. Now eMagin announces that $6.45 million of that total is a contract to develop and produce an ultra-high resolution, high brightness, high contrast, full color OLED microdisplay at a low unit cost.
This Defense-wide Manufacturing Science & Technology (DMS&T) award is funded by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and logistics (USD AT&L) and will be administered by the US Army RDECOM CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) Science and Technology (S& T) Division. The $6.45 million dollar contract will be executed over the next 30 months.
The DMS&T program was established in FY08 to complement each military service’s Man Tech program. The goal is to focus on cross-cutting defense manufacturing needs, those that go beyond the ability of a single service to address, and to stimulate the early development of manufacturing processes and enterprise business practices concurrent with S&T development to achieve the largest cost-effective impact.
“Our recent successes with our Enhanced Ultra-high Brightness OLEDs and innovative backplane development provide a solid foundation as we begin the DMS& T effort,” said Andrew Sculley, eMagin president and CEO. “OLED displays produced through this program will truly meet the DMS&T mandate to impact joint service warfighting capabilities, from fighter and rotary wing aviation platforms to ground warfare systems. The technology and manufacturing improvements associated with these displays will find broad vision system applications in both military and commercial markets.”
This Defense-wide Manufacturing Science & Technology (DMS&T) award is funded by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and logistics (USD AT&L) and will be administered by the US Army RDECOM CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) Science and Technology (S& T) Division. The $6.45 million dollar contract will be executed over the next 30 months.
The DMS&T program was established in FY08 to complement each military service’s Man Tech program. The goal is to focus on cross-cutting defense manufacturing needs, those that go beyond the ability of a single service to address, and to stimulate the early development of manufacturing processes and enterprise business practices concurrent with S&T development to achieve the largest cost-effective impact.
“Our recent successes with our Enhanced Ultra-high Brightness OLEDs and innovative backplane development provide a solid foundation as we begin the DMS& T effort,” said Andrew Sculley, eMagin president and CEO. “OLED displays produced through this program will truly meet the DMS&T mandate to impact joint service warfighting capabilities, from fighter and rotary wing aviation platforms to ground warfare systems. The technology and manufacturing improvements associated with these displays will find broad vision system applications in both military and commercial markets.”