How exactly does Kopin benefit from this? It was never MVIS or Kopin. Zielier is the lonely Bald Man fighting over a comb...

$KOPN let the trolls who pushed the Hololens agenda come at us now...

From Fudzilla. Palmer Lucky will fix IVAS. No he won't. This is a desperate attempt to salvage the Department of Defense latest boondoggle. I'm as guilty as anyone throwing chum in the water hoping to catch this fish. In my defense I saw the error of my ways too late. MVIS pumpers stole investors money with their persistent lies. Don't let the Kopin liars do the same.

 This story is too kind to liars at DoD.

https://www.fudzilla.com/news/59742-lucky-teams-up-with-microsoft-on-military-headsets

They have to justify their existence so we are sliding into WWIII led by the most reckless and hapless DoD and State Department in history. They feel like this is their best last chance to fight Russia. Russia will attack Kiev, Warsaw or US Bases in retaliation. Enjoy!

The Usual Suspects are pumping IVAS-Next as a viable pathway for growth. It is not. Kopin is doing the carrot & stick tactic that the crooks in EF did to keep us snugly on the hook. Next year the Army will decide!. And the year after that, Next year the Army will decide! And so and so on. In the US Government Hall of Shame of Waste, Fraud and Abuse #1 practitioner has their own building called the Pentagon

The Army has a history of big ideas that accomplished nothing apart from wasting money, having endless meetings, endless powerpoint where the sub-text was always "what I'm working on is revolutionary and will ensure the defense of the nation for 100s of years but it is going to cost and the cost will always go up because we are this close to the solution"...

 IVAS is one of those and it looks it's a goner. The Army's great project has been to try to find a way to turn one soldier into a squad, one squad into a platoon etc. It ain't working. It's "on the ropes" and it makes me happy. The Army has to take a hard look at itself and admit that recruitment is down for a reason and the druggies and HS Dropout they sign up are not up to the job. They can't solve that problem, they can't beat inflation, they can't win on retention and living conditions and they can't win with a headset that makes people sick. 

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Looking at modernization today, “specifically, we've already walked away from ERCA, FARA, which was promoted as the Army's number one priority — the aircraft has been gutted. That's gone.” Additionally, the Integrated Visual Augmentation System program “is on the ropes,” as are “many other items. So, where do we end up with this?”

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2024/8/15/strained-army-budget-leaves-experts-wary-of-modernization-projects

Under the category of you become who you hate. Stoppedout is picking up Geoffrey Porter's and 2Stupid's Battle Flag to convince the gullible that Kopin has an open lane to IVAS Next. He forgot to tell you that L3 and Elbit were in the room as well along with other "Real" Companys like Palatir. A Kopin flack buttonholed a middling British Defense Reporter and told about the "plan" Kopin has to snake IVAS away from the Defense Giants. You may or may not know that Elbit has been working with Microsoft on this for at least a few years and you also know that Companies working on "sensitive" programs have signed NDAs and don't run to a microphone and blah, blah, blah about the "plans they are hatching". Don't trust that guy.

I like to check in on the goings-on in Kopinistan from time to time and sometimes the takes are so outrageously dumb I can't let it pass. Case in point. Spoiler Alert...That's ALL they do...Which one the Z Boys is Justmaybe12

DigmoreYesterday 6:52 PM

$KOPN Load up for the next pump...then dump this garbage.

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Justmaybe12Yesterday 7:41 PM

@Digmore army invests in garbage ?

Speaking of Boondoggles

 

An F-35 crashed near the international airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The pilot managed to escape the burning fighter jet and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries

Follow us on Rumble: https://t.co/Nuc9nUzTc5 pic.twitter.com/lshWDC9y2n

— RT (@RT_com) May 29, 2024

Murray put a pretty good face on the situation. That Fan is criticizing the company in Public means someday dreaming about an Insider Buy from him probably should wake up. "IVAS" is not Trademarked. It's sleight of hand to try to Piggy-Back on that program which is showing up as just another DC boondoggle. The Army's "New Helmet" is designed to provide mounts for ENVG-B and "Real" IVAS if there is such a thing., Not whatever Kopin and Wilcox cook up.

Sorry to let this junk come up but I have a bad case of Irish Amnesia (never forget a betrayal) I asked a General if a Plus-Up on ENVG-B meant a downgrade for IVAS. He said "there are no plus-ups planned for ENVG-B." The Pentagon is very aware of the obstacles facing IVAS and have known for a long time. Failing this Test IVAS is kaput. Land Warrior 2.0...

And if IVAS does become a billpayer, the “really strong” performance by Elbit’s Enhanced Night Vision Goggles-Binocular’s means it may be one of those programs in line for redirected funds, he told Senators.

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/05/if-armys-ivas-doesnt-ace-upcoming-test-it-could-become-bill-payer-rainey/

Dr. Fan liked this post. Is he now persona non grata at Kopin? I think so, ironic.

 

No they didn’t. They received an unknown amount of money for an SBIR Phase I Award with no guarantee that their “exploration” of this tech ever advances to a Phase II. About 10% of the Awards ever achieve“Mass production” they floated. $kopn

— ZEROHEDGES (@ZEROHEDGES1) May 15, 2024

Anybody who paid attention could see this coming. And course as fate would have it the High-End NVG Biz goes to Elbit and the Fraudsters in EF. You Kopin guys can call it IVAS-Never. Still causes nausea, eye strain, unreliable in delivering data, could not overcome the tyranny of distance on and on. Army doing what it does best selling BS to dummies in Congress at our expense.

The much-hyped IVAS goggles were supposed to revolutionize the way soldiers train, operate, and receive information on the battlefield.

They feature a mixed reality heads-up display that integrates next-generation situational awareness tools to aid in decision-making and targeting.

However, the multibillion-dollar program has been on a rocky path as soldiers complained of experiencing discomfort after less than three hours of using the goggles.

Among the “mission-affecting” physical impairments caused by the IVAS are headaches, nausea, and eye strain.

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/05/16/fate-us-army-ivas/

Kopin people like to compare themselves to their "competitors" Microvision and Vuzix neither being actual competitors, Microvision makes LiDar Vaporware and Vuzix makes waveguides. Here's your real competitor. Why you'll always be a minor player with minor awards in Defense and Metrology. Put your dreams away

 

Samsung and their subsidiary eMagin jointly have shown off a 3500ppi Fine Silicon Mask used for making RGB Micro-OLED displays

This technology will bring consumer OLED displays for AR/VR past the 10,000 nits mark when mass produced pic.twitter.com/7TIS0Rq4ZH

— Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) May 15, 2024

The Abrams is in Re-Design because it's a lumbering mess that requires eight hours of Maintenance after one Hour of use. "War is a racket". Don't hold you breath on this one.

This flailing on "IVAS Now", "Oakleys" is embarrassing.

This is so old this Shneider BS. The world has passed them by.

Not the US DoD, a NATO Friendly Country is not in NATO. You think you're selling to Ukraine? LOL Sounding desperate here describing their Thermal Overlay as if they invented it.

Wow, Day-Night. And it's an add-on Module so its crap for the Baltic States. And tunnels in Gaza. The IDF doesn't have any Elbit NVGs at all! BS!

And it's fair to assume they are not interested in partnering with a company that has a "Blue Radios" reputation clinging to it. My "Black Pill" on eMagin is that the "Sino/Russo" BS in Hong Kong gave the Agencies Just Cause to approve the Hostile Takeover. The timing was exquisite.

Part of the "Samsung Sellout" was the Army's desire to not hang a important Program like IVAS on a Company on shaky Financial Ground. Kopin's attempt to wedge their way into IVAS at SOFIC is an act of desperation. See if you can find any discussion of Kopin at SOFIC. And go get a Skyhook while you're at it.

"I just heard IVAS". I just heard desperation.

Value to Society! what a bunch of Horse Shit

innovations that enable the market and return value to our customers, society, and internal and external stakeholders.”

In retrospect the only decent thing eMagin did was not play the War-Profiteer Card.

A Zero Impact Player in the MIC is praying for more blood. Vile.

“The global landscape suggests aggressive tensions are increasing around the world and defense affairs are becoming more dynamic. We believe Kopin is well positioned to deliver to our soldiers and allies the defense systems they need and the innovations that enable the market and return value to our customers, society, and internal and external stakeholders.”