I did my share of wasting ink on this joke of a Program. Looks like whatever you call the opposite of a Priority. Doesn't address Lethality but the DOD learned from their years of Failure. Powerpoint Brigade hardest hit. From 3,162 to zero

3,162 to zero

Samsung eMagin Micro OLED at Display Week 2025 5000PPI 15,000+ nits Disp...Meanwhile "experts" argue MVIS and Kopin. Hate to use it again but it fits like a glove, two bald men fighting over a comb. And look who is the boss now. Does he look comfortable in the role? Not really but it must be a relief not to have to lie to Shareholders anymore...

Stoppedout do you and your "pals" in the IVAS Program ever chit-chat about this? You are not even aware of its existence are you?

 https://www.visionproducts.llc/vision-products/augmented-reality/zd-72-s/

“The government is still developing the evaluation criteria; however, the government’s intent is that the technical merit of the vendor’s solution is the most important factor during evaluations at each step,” the Army notice said. “The government’s intent is to award agreement(s) to prime contractor(s) who provide full solutions,” the service separately added. “The number of awards will be dependent on available funding, to include proposed vendor cost share, if applicable.” Those winners will then have seven months, or until roughly March 2026, to begin delivering prototypes.

"Begin delivering Prototypes in a year".Another year of verbal jousting and at the end of that year you'll will have absolutely nothing to show for it. Look at all the "weasel" words.

"still developing"

"government's intent"

"evaluations at every step"

"developing evaluation criteria"

"evaluation at every step"

"dependent on available funding"

Neither Microvision or Kopin or anybody else has a "path to IVAS".

Cool Timeline ZBros. Where does Kopin figure in that scenario?

Get a grip Jorge in La La Land

Kopin's delay in reporting is that unlike Microvisiuon Kopin Management has tried to finesse this Issue on X or in supposed leaks. Maybe looking some magic words that keep hope alive that they may play a role in IVAS. Good Luck!

After IVAS: Who couldn't see this coming? How do you say "IVAS is Cancelled" without saying "IVAS is Cancelled". "Command and Control" not a General Issue. To select Field Commanders or Ender's Game stuff. One Prime maybe Anduril maybe Elbit maybe LHX who knows? The Army has not even developed a plan on "how to evaluate", "intend to Award". In other words the Army is looking a problem that this solves. What a joke. If you read this and think "Ah Kopin", "Ah Microvision" you are in a cult with no way out.

 Infinite 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

https://ussanews.com/2025/04/08/after-ivas-army-reveals-timeline-for-new-augmented-reality-race-to-name-winners-in-august/

There is a slim possibility IVAS will survive in some shape or form. Maybe like the HMD Elbit made for the IDF or an outside chance that Kopin's prototype will find some use. (Is it even stereo-optic?) but I doubt it. Wait and see what the new guys at the Pentagon say about the mess that IVAS is when they give them some Sodium Pentathol. Strap Richardson down, inject him and ask him about his "Oakleys".

IVAS and the clutch of dopes around it, hoping, pumping, lying about the device and it's future, heads up. To the point of believing a Palmer Luckey April Fools Joke is somehow a sign that Microvision is involved with that "Program". As you can read that "Program" is a money pit still trying to convince that a Soldier Worn Device somehow offers an advantage to the wearer in a Kinetic Environment. Not April 1st but April 2nd but its still a joke. ... I always feared it was Land Warrior 2.0 but its a much bigger failure than Land Warrior ever was. What will happen to the Power Point Brigade inside the walls!!! Oh nose!!! What will happen to the MVIS Cult and the ZBros when they learn the truth!

At present, the Department of Defense is facing a significant user delivery problem. In recent years, there have been notable failures in critical programs, such as the Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System program prior to its transition to Anduril, the Air Force’s Enterprise Resource Planning system, and ongoing software issues with the F-35. While each of these cases is unique, at the most basic level they all highlight a failure of the new capability to meet the needs of those who are meant to use them. These problems are not just technical—they are rooted in a failure to align the development of software systems with the actual needs of warfighters.

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-department-of-defense-has-a-user-experience-problem/

The MVIS Cult vs the KOPN Cult is like Pepsi Blue vs Cactus Cooler. I feel a little bad for the Zbros but can't wait until Microvision Files.

The military trusts service members with a lot, just not everything (IT BE KOPIN MANDATORY FUN DAY!!!)

The usual Kopin Pre-Earnings PR. No amount given. So much Pentagon jargon in the release. But the operative word is "prototype" which means it may happen but probably won't. The problems are insuperable so the Defenseone article below resorts to a "Radio". All the protos are too heavy, too power hungry and too complex to ever make it to the field. Baffle them with bullshit is the operative. And they Defenseone mentions used for "Command and Control" as Luckey did which means small numbers when describing Anduril's goal for IVAS.

 https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2025/03/nothing-will-be-safe-armys-kit-overhaul/404052/

The Incredible Shrinking Pentagon

8% a year over 5 years. The US is pulling in its horns.

We will stop Arming Taiwan. 

Europe has to look elsewhere for their defense. Try looking in the mirror.

No longer able to finance the Pentagon's Science Projects 

Musk hates the F-35

Monroe Doctrine and Frederick Jackson Turner and Manifest Destiny ruling the day.

What good is IVAS if its goal is to fight a Land War in Eastern Europe with Normalization of Relations with the Big Bad Russians in progress.

Peace Dividend coheres perfectly with the Administrations Goal of shrinking the Federal Bureaucracy

I see the MVIS Mafia is at it again making stuff up. Palmer Luckey 13 years ago!

😂 x Infinity

OLEDWorks just signed a deal with JDI to make OLED displays in the States and yes they are planning to make OLED Microdisplays for Defense based on receiving $8 Million last year from the DoD for same. So that will be two Domestic Sources, Samsung/eMagin and JDI/OLEDWorks. I imagine this explains Kopin frantic effort, I consider $200k+ spent Lobbying in 2024 by a small company to gain funds from the Gov for a Production Line as frantic, dicey in the Age of Doge.

Luckey in his chit-chat with Shawn Ryan made it seem like a slam dunk. In his Interview this morning on Fox he mentioned IVAS' use in Command and Control and that Anduril is "trying to build" IVAS now. Somebody told him to tamp down the rhetoric. Don't write a check with your mouth that you might not b able to cash. Somebody should tell Murray to tone it down as he is danger of doing the same.

Straight from the horses mouth at Quantico where they developed the new Stinger. it's an eMagin display with a kopin optical assembly. The reason they are lobbying so hard for money to build a new line for their business is that is that they procure displays from Samsung/eMagin. Ask yourself why would the Government pay for a new line when they have a dependable one from a company with all the money in the world? They are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Same is true for the F-35 Japan and elsewhere. 

https://www.oled-info.com/kopins-oled-microdisplays-powre-us-armys-stinger-replacement-interceptor-system

Luckey went full sky dancing tube man with the largest American Flag in the county with balloons and free hot dogs to the first 100 visitors in his Used Car Salesman schtick.Never mentioned the endemic problems that killed IVAS 1.0. You will escape drones! Hypersonics! You'll shoot and never miss! You are a Digital Audie Murphy! Sargent York! But Luckey will it make you barf and alter brain activity? Umm...no comment. He talks like War is a Video Game where you can respawn. It really helped that Ryan didn't know jack shit about Land Warrior, Ironman etc. He had stars in his eyes...

Do you think Anduril's IVAS Display is LCD?

Do you think they are using a Display Made in China?

Do you think a small "defense" company would spend $220k Lobbying Congress in 2024 for $$$ for a New Production line if Kopin could already produce them? 

We know how long it takes to set up a new line, we learned the hard way. If this thing ever finds it way into a Combat Zone it will be years away and when it finally does it will be obsolete. In fact it already is.

https://www.defenseone.com/business/2025/02/ivas-takeover-anduril-looks-build-out-human-machine-ecosystem/403009/

Oh look Palmer Luckey is on the Shawn Ryan Show no doubt selling IVAS trying to build a positive consensus like he did with Oculus. He wants to open a firehose of funding to keep the grift viable. When are Hesgeth or Musk going to chime in?