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eMagin Corporation Announces $5.5 million Department of Defense Award

Date Announced: 16 Jun 2020

Award will improve eMagin’s OLED microdisplay manufacturing capabilities.

Right: eMagin's 2Kx2K Reconfigurable Color OLED-XL (2K_CFXL) active array is comprised of 2072 x 2072 square color pixels with a 9.3-micron pitch and a 75% fill factor.

HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y. – eMagin Corporation, or the “Company”, (NYSE American: EMAN), a leader in the development, design and manufacture of Active Matrix OLED microdisplays used in military and commercial AR/VR devices, and other near-eye imaging products, today announced it has been awarded $5.5 million under the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program for Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) Supply Chain Assurance. These funds are for procurement and installation of capital equipment in eMagin’s NY-based manufacturing facility, which we believe will enhance our manufacturing capabilities.

This IBAS award will be managed under the Cornerstone Other Transaction Authority (Cornerstone OTA) and fully funds Phase I of a three-phase agreement. The IBAS Cornerstone OTA was created to focus on strengthening the U.S. Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base. eMagin’s OLED microdisplays are used, or designed in, many current and future defense Programs of Record including a broad range of PEO Soldier programs, F-35 HMDS, and other aviation helmet programs.

The capital funding provided during Phase I will be used to procure key equipment and tooling, which the Company believes will improve all aspects of eMagin’s OLED microdisplay production, including increased throughput and capacity. The IBAS agreement indicates additional awards through Phases II and III. Provided that funding becomes available, these later phases would enable eMagin to procure and install equipment designed to increase the production capability of products based on eMagin’s advanced dPdTM technology.

Andrew Sculley, CEO, said, “We are very pleased to be recognized by the Department of Defense as the only domestic producer of OLED microdisplays designated as a cornerstone of the U.S. manufacturing base. We view this as a recognition of the value of our OLED microdisplays in defense programs and an endorsement in what we believe to be our superior OLED technology.”

About eMagin Corporation

The Leader in OLED microdisplay technology for the next generation of computing and imaging devices, serving world-class customers in the military and consumer, medical and industrial markets. We invent, engineer and manufacture display technologies of the future in the USA, including our Direct Patterning Technology (dPd) that will transform the way the world consumes information. Since 2001, our microdisplays have been, and continue to be, used in AR/VR, aircraft helmets, heads-up display systems, thermal scopes, night vision goggles, future weapon systems and a variety of other applications. www.emagin.com

Contact


eMagin Corp.
700 South Drive
Suite # 201
Hopewell Junction
NY 12533
USA
 
Tel. +1 845.838.7900
 
Mark A. Koch, Acting Chief Financial Officer 
Tel. +1 845-838-7951
mkoch@emagin.com

E-mail: info@emagin.com

Web Site: www.emagin.com

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