Monday, December 30, 2019
Friday, December 27, 2019
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
My mistake here's the Bill as Signed, Again if serving a Life Sentence see if you can find anything on DPA Funding, AFRL, or IBAS. Good Luck. Pulled these out as at least tangentially germane.It's in there somewhere unless it's AF Dark Money. If you find it it likely won't cite hard dollars. Cross Section 4201 only categorizes General Topics. Could be Soldier Systems, Weapons and Munitions etc. We've come a long way from "Grab your Flintlock and meet on Concord Green".
Sec. 224. Requiring defense microelectronics products and services meet trusted supply chain and operational security standards.
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2020 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the funding table in section 4201.
Subtitle BProgram Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
SEC. 224.
REQUIRING DEFENSE MICROELECTRONICS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MEET TRUSTED SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPER-ATIONAL SECURITY STANDARDS.
(a) PURCHASES.To protect the United States from intellectual property theft and to ensure national security and public safety in the application of new generations of wireless network technology and microelectronics, beginning no later than January 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each microelectronics product or service that the Department of Defense purchases on or after such date meets the applicable trusted supply chain and operational security standards established pursuant to subsection (b), except in a case in which the Department seeks to purchase a microelectronics product or service but (1) no such product or service is available for purchase that meets such standards; or (2) no such product or service is available for purchase that (A) meets such standards; and (B) is available at a price that the Secretary does not consider prohibitively expensive. (b) TRUSTED SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONAL SECURITY STAND-ARDS.
S. 179071
and appropriate, within the Secretarys authorized activities to maintain the health of the defense industrial base, to ensure that
(1) providers of microelectronics products and services that meet the standards established under subsection (b) are exposed to competitive market pressures to achieve competitive pricing and sustained innovation; and (2) the industrial base of microelectronics products and services that meet the standards established under subsection (b) includes providers manufacturing in the United States or in countries that are allies or partners of the United States.
Monday, December 23, 2019
Say I'm Poland and I just ordered 20 F-35s. I'll stipulate that I will receive the GEN III helmet update immediately upon availablity...(Primes can't wait to rid of the lousy Kopin displays)
eMagin CC November 9
Kevin Dede
Last question for me. Could you just review the F-35 time line, production time line, again? When -- I mean I understand you're shipping displays now, but clearly it's not full production.
Jeffrey Lucas
Yes, sure. I can talk to that a little bit. So we are continuing to provide them displays for what's called IOC, our initial operational capability stage, and we're anticipating that those shipments are going to continue into early next year. We are now actually working on the production readiness development mode, and so far, our work is actually progressing ahead of plan. And that's allowing actually for some scheduled compression, which the primes are quite pleased about.
Ready when you are..AFRL leads defense production program to success in FY19
In recognition of the magnitude of challenges faced by the domestic defense industrial base, the Executive Agent issued a five-year, $5 billion DPA Title III Hybrid Funding Opportunity Announcement in July 2019. This demonstrated an innovative approach to reduce acquisition cycle times, provides the flexibility to effectively execute a broad portfolio of projects to tackle capital intensive, strategic domestic industrial base shortfalls, and provides a quick response to growing stakeholder requirements.
https://www.hill.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2045078/afrl-leads-defense-production-program-to-success-in-fy19/
https://www.hill.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2045078/afrl-leads-defense-production-program-to-success-in-fy19/
You have zero credibility, this is a joke. your life is trying to prey on the ignorant
$KOPN Upcoming new products from Kopin subsidiary Forth dimension displays and New job posting in NVIS inc for the military programs which Kopin mentioned in the investor presentations that two programs from Military projected that $200 millions spread across 10 years. pic.twitter.com/D9sgwuVOWp
— SMR2018 (@LTInvestorSMR) December 23, 2019
Sunday, December 22, 2019
If anybody is still up in the air about the Display for HUD 3.0 (IVAS) look at Sensor Module Requirements as to Resolution (Long Wave & Short Wave IR)
Frankenberry at Don's Blog at Investor Village.
Heads Up Display (HUD) 3.0
Industry Day
7 August 2018
Page 23
according to incorporation document the company was a Branch Company Foreign Owned. We know what's happening to them
About Branch Relationships
A branch company is an out-of-jurisdiction registration of a company (in the US it is often referred to as a 'Foreign Corporation')yes Kopin Targeting in Scotts Valley was a Software Branch
and "Out of Business". "Permanently Closed" according to Google. That's a fun mystery.
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Zealer is back on Twitter. Trying some (not so new) material. Doing the "Cult of Personality" thing. We want 5 Rules!
$KOPN Personal computing is changing.. smartphones may be replaced by smart glasses! John Fan in 2015! But Its here and its now!https://t.co/TLd6m7Qe5T
— SMR2018 (@LTInvestorSMR) December 20, 2019
Speaking of IVAS, MRA Digital who designs solely for eMagin OLEDS has a number of IVAS Vendors on their "Clients" page. Intevac, FLIR, Microsoft. Those are named IVAS Vendors.
Unnamed, I'm speculating but with a few facts to back it up. Elbit, Harris, eMagin, SA Photonics are there as well. This Google fragment was from August 2018. The Page on "IVAS Industry Day" was taken down but this was left. Harris, SA Photonics who designed AITT for the USMC. Not to mention, of course, that Chris Kubasik, L3/Harris CEO talked about it on their last CC. Very little doubt in my mind that the unknown vendors soon will be known vendors. There's a lot of program threads that pass through Malfunction Junction.
My working list of IVAS Vendors:
Microsoft
Intevac
FLIR (Black Hornet)
SA Phtonics
L3/Harris (ENVG-B)
Elbit (ENVG-B & SNVG-B)
eMagin
RDECOM
SiOnyx
Maybe BANC3
All on MRA's Clients Page
https://www.mradigital.com/our-clients
My working list of IVAS Vendors:
Microsoft
Intevac
FLIR (Black Hornet)
SA Phtonics
L3/Harris (ENVG-B)
Elbit (ENVG-B & SNVG-B)
eMagin
RDECOM
SiOnyx
Maybe BANC3
All on MRA's Clients Page
https://www.mradigital.com/our-clients
only leaving a fragment of a google serc
78, 27, 51, SA Photonics, Mall, Ben, b.mall@saphotonics.com, (949) 485-0484, Yes. 79, 52, Browne, Michael. 80. 81, 28, 53, Harris corporation, Night Vision ...
Somebody erased the registrants list for IVAS Industry Day
Friday, December 20, 2019
They are moving fast on attendant technologies to IVAS as well
DAPS is the dismounted version of MAPs. It’s a unit carried by the soldier, likely on his or her back, that provides assured PNT to a smartphone, specifically a Samsung 3 cell phone. As with the mounted PNT system DAPS will provide PNT as needed and will be designed to stay operational in contested, degraded and denied environments. The focus now is on integrating DAPS into Nett Warrior, a soldier ensemble with an end user device.
“DAPS will be extensible to other systems,” Kioutas said, “We just haven’t identified what those are. Probably it’ll be HUD 3.0. (Heads Up Display) or the IVAS (Integrated Visual Augmentation System).”
The DAPS program currently has three vendors set to deliver their prototypes in December. A decision is likely in March as to which one of the three will be selected to continue to work on a Gen 1 version of DAPS.
http://www.rfpdb.com/view/document/name/Integrated-Visual-Augmentation-System-%28IVAS%29_W91CRB_18_Z_0001
I was looking for the funding for Program Expansion in the NDAA and I see the Army received 1/3 of the request. They determined they only "needed" the designated funding. Could be that there is a benign reason for this as the OTA from 2017 in the link suggests. That the Program is moving much faster than we know. General Gervais says as much in the Video below,
NIGHT VISION DEVICES 236,604 (request)
81 ,526 (Bill)
IVAS early to need -76,225
ENVG-8 program of record unit cost growth -17,509 Program increase - digital night vision test devices 3,000
ENVG-B ONS excess to need -64,344
The Government intends to award one (1) OTA, procuring approximately two thousand five hundred & fifty (2,550) IVAS prototypes (to include hardware, software, and the associated interface control documentation) in four (4) increments or "capability sets".
This competitively awarded prototype project will provide for the acquisition of follow-on production systems upon successful completion of the project, without further competition, as authorized by statute. The Government anticipates the selection of one (1) Offeror for award of a single contract or agreement for follow-on production of IVAS.
http://www.rfpdb.com/view/document/name/Integrated-Visual-Augmentation-System-%28IVAS%29_W91CRB_18_Z_0001
81 ,526 (Bill)
IVAS early to need -76,225
ENVG-8 program of record unit cost growth -17,509 Program increase - digital night vision test devices 3,000
ENVG-B ONS excess to need -64,344
The Government intends to award one (1) OTA, procuring approximately two thousand five hundred & fifty (2,550) IVAS prototypes (to include hardware, software, and the associated interface control documentation) in four (4) increments or "capability sets".
This competitively awarded prototype project will provide for the acquisition of follow-on production systems upon successful completion of the project, without further competition, as authorized by statute. The Government anticipates the selection of one (1) Offeror for award of a single contract or agreement for follow-on production of IVAS.
http://www.rfpdb.com/view/document/name/Integrated-Visual-Augmentation-System-%28IVAS%29_W91CRB_18_Z_0001
Thursday, December 19, 2019
More of same
#ElbitAmerica's solution merges multiple capabilities into a single, lightweight device that delivers superior performance for the forward deployed, foot mobile Marine. Learn more about our NGHTS concept for the @USMC athttps://t.co/DupKritk3Z
— Elbit Systems-US (@ElbitSystemsUS) December 17, 2019
system @MCSC_Quantico #ElbitProud https://t.co/W6QBSPqBVt
Our new order could have been for these...
The #ElbitAmerica NGHTS concept is built on our company legacy developing successful hand-held targeting systems, such as the CLRF-IC and the JTAC-LTD, while addressing the needs of today's #Marines. More at https://t.co/2Whmxy9Gqi @GlobesEnglish @USMC @USMarineCorps #USMC
— Elbit Systems-US (@ElbitSystemsUS) December 18, 2019
More Marsoc, Targeting System mentioned in previous post. Sure these will integrate with Squad Night Vision-B another "eMagin Inside" program...Elbit's locked-in on the USMC
The @MCSC_Quantico selected #ElbitAmerica to develop a prototype of the Next Generation Hand-Held Targeting System (NGHTS). Learn more at https://t.co/EwCC6ThvGc. @USMC @ModernDayMarine #ElbitProud pic.twitter.com/kuMfXREq2Y
— Elbit Systems-US (@ElbitSystemsUS) December 16, 2019
Bueno, you can boil it down to SWAP and Ruggedness always been the case. "Essentially all" includes Kopin phase out in Programs of Record so soon "all". Page 2 describes the smaller, lighter targeting system Elbit just announced The one Raanan mentioned at AUSA
Another POR and the reason JETS saw it's budget cut. I see IVAS there and I have no doubt the Glasses will be fielded someday but they sure were not in the Budget. Could be in the dark or the always handy OTAs which the Army has pretty much made their personal Piggybank. Good to see "essentially all" in an Official Document. That's 95% now and 100% in the future. Good stuff in there. Thank you Mr. Long
_____________________________________________
Weapons. Some funding will go towards integration of more robust and less power micro Organic Light Emitting Diode Displays (OLEDs) that are used on essentially all Soldier Sensors and Lasers programs.
https://www.dacis.com/budget/budget_pdf/FY20/RDTE/A/0603774A_81.pdf
_____________________________________________
Weapons. Some funding will go towards integration of more robust and less power micro Organic Light Emitting Diode Displays (OLEDs) that are used on essentially all Soldier Sensors and Lasers programs.
https://www.dacis.com/budget/budget_pdf/FY20/RDTE/A/0603774A_81.pdf
Heard about a new Optic replacement for ACOG for Rifleman, that provided an AR overlay so I assume eMagin. It's in the Portfolio but couldn't find it in the budget. eMagin OEM Trijicon would supply. Anyway in doing so I came across this
Banc3 prism for , are you sitting down Derrick?, Optical See-Through. Also whatever happened to PAWS?
Free-form Prism Eye Piece
BANC3 developed the Free-form Prism Eye Piece by using innovative design principles to design and manufacture a new breed of free-form prisms for optical-see-through HMD. The prism is designed to work with the newest high-resolution color AMOLED micro-displays to advance the current state of the art in optical-see-through HMDs.
Lest we forget...
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
The problem with LBS is that it is delicate. It cannot arrive out of alignment, it has to be able to survive the roughest handling it would encounter in a combat zone, it has to be integrated into systems that have different tolerances and specifications l.e. FWS, it has to have Thermal, Digital NV and work in any and all lighting environments and on and on. Stick with the Enterprise and Consumer where these criteria aren't and a matter of Life and Death. He's right a Laser that's jacked up in High Brightness conditions is a danger to the user.
And tell Mr. Porter that the funding is in flux and at least wait till those chicks hatch. IF they do. He's hard-headed, I'll give em that.
yes which means it was never intended to be used in the field but that is a moot point for now...
They are attempting to resolve the RGB laser calibration (y, p, r) issue via SW in real time which is tremendously difficult to accomplish...
— TonyRogersVaai (@TonyRogersVAai) December 18, 2019
Anytime you ship these units around the world, just a slight bump on the headset could cause a misalignment.
Just one of several issues
It's a grumpy day in Mr. Rogers Neighborhood...
I have tried the device and I concur with everything Karl has stated in his articles.
— TonyRogersVaai (@TonyRogersVAai) December 18, 2019
Secondly, attempting to train our war fighters utilizing a diffractive waveguide technology that was not designed to be used in ambient sunlight is not only dangerous it is irresponsible.
Suck it up Derrick, don't lose your mojo, think of your followers, both of them, they love these stories "Once Upon a Time in the Kingdom of Massachusetts there lived the King of Microscreens and His Court Jester Zeelero...
$KOPN Great day for accumulation. Just a few more days of tax loss selling left. We're planning to build a full position by the end of next week. A strong long-term uptrend will be forming over the next weeks. China Trade Deal is a game changer. Target remains $3.14 in 2020.
— ARVRInvestor (@ArvrInvestor) December 14, 2019
These look like Oakleys to me. Like the idea of a strengthening a partnership with these guys.
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| Look at the soldier's right eye not the left. Oakley-like as pictured in link below. |
Elbit Systems of America to Develop Next Generation Hand-Held Targeting System.
perhaps this smaller, much smaller Target Designator could explain the cuts in JETS. More eyes, less weight, perfect for a agile force like the Marines. Miniature JTAC. Here's a tip. Any near-eye-display made in New Hampshire uses a eMagin display.
http://elbitsytsems-us.hs-sites.com/news/elbit-systems-of-america-to-develop-next-generation-hand-held-targeting-system?utm_content=109189430&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2584291039
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Square peg round hole becoming JCs version of 5 Rules
Monday Invited Industry Talks and Panels
| Time | Speaker | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Bernard Kress Microsoft HoloLens | Opening address |
| 8:50 AM | Jerry Carollo | Square Pegs Round Holes |
| 9:10 AM |
Too Buck Rogers for Congress. Man, hope they don't axe it in it's entirety .They are pretty far down the road on this. Slow it down, find other funding sources. Could be "blackmailing" Microsoft to do some hybrid funding.
Night Court was tough on them. There were hints.
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/10/army-ponders-likely-cuts-to-ambitious-training-program/
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/10/army-ponders-likely-cuts-to-ambitious-training-program/
don't know what this is but really gotta go this time
$EMAN order of approximately $5.6 million for displays from a major defense contractor.
— ACSlater (@ACSlater__) December 17, 2019
Training the Trainers
Pic of the week: 2/1 Soldiers train leaders on the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular this week in a proof of train-the-trainer concept @FortRiley. 2/1 was the first unit fielded the capability in Sep. @armyfutures @FightingFirst @PEOSoldier pic.twitter.com/yNE6PHtimP
— Soldier Lethality CFT (@SL_CFT) December 15, 2019
State-of-the-Art: Looks like the F-35 A or Conventional Take-off have the new helmet (sale of 32 airframes to Poland)
3. The F-35 Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS) is SECRET and contains technology representing the latest state-of-the-art in several areas. Information on performance and inherent vulnerabilities is SECRET. Software (object code) is SECRET. Sensitive elements include: HMDS consists of the Display Management Computer-Helmet, a helmet shell/display module, a quick disconnect integrated as part of the ejection seat, helmet trackers and tracker processing, day- and night-vision camera functions, and dedicated system/graphics processing. The HMDS provides a fully sunlight readable, bi ocular display presentation of aircraft information projected onto the pilot's helmet visor. The use of a night vision camera integrated into the helmet eliminates the need for separate Night Vision Goggles (NVG). The camera video is integrated with EO and IR imaging inputs and displayed on the pilot's visor to provide a comprehensive night operational capability.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/12/17/2019-27133/arms-sales-notification
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/12/17/2019-27133/arms-sales-notification
Executive Summary NDAA 2020: Like #3 the best
Requires the Secretary of Defense to enhance the assessment and mitigation of risks
related to foreign ownership, control, or influence within the defense industrial base.
Highlights the importance of establishing secure fifth-generation (5G) wireless network technologies for the warfighter and provides funding to start this effort at two Air Force locations
→Sets forth a new strategy for securing a trusted supply chain of advanced microelectronics for the United States and U.S. allies and partners.
https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY%202020%20NDAA%20Executive%20Summary.pdf
Highlights the importance of establishing secure fifth-generation (5G) wireless network technologies for the warfighter and provides funding to start this effort at two Air Force locations
→Sets forth a new strategy for securing a trusted supply chain of advanced microelectronics for the United States and U.S. allies and partners.
https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY%202020%20NDAA%20Executive%20Summary.pdf
Dunno, things are getting a little dicey in China. Maybe not a good idea to rely on them for knives, forks, 5G, semiconductors, Baby Yodas...
Anti-government protesters clashed with riot police as they gathered at shopping malls across Hong Kong, chanting slogans, putting up posters and spraying graffiti on shops https://t.co/s7ygOHCo10 pic.twitter.com/ZWSqh4ijo4— Reuters (@Reuters) December 15, 2019
Monday, December 16, 2019
The @usairforce has been on the leading edge of #SpatialComputing, including #AR, with Heads Up Displays (HUDs) for Pilots and #VR for Simulation & Training, since the 1960's. As a #AirForce Veteran, I'm proud to see them continue their leadership!
— John Westra #VR #AR #Innovation (@John_Westra) December 16, 2019
Sunday, December 15, 2019
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Senate Leader Invokes Cloture. No more Debate. Vote Tuesday. Bill subject to Review. POTUS signs. Wait.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) filed cloture on the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act Dec. 12, allowing for lawmakers to vote to advance the $738 billion authorizing bill Dec. 16. He confirmed in his Thursday morning remarks on the floor that the Senate will pass ...
Friday, December 13, 2019
Notice Derrick switches to "we". He is a Kopin employee...
We do not invest based on believing. We invest based on value. We have $150M worth of assets here. No debt. Market cap is $35M.
— ARVRInvestor (@ArvrInvestor) December 13, 2019
I think you've isolated the problem Mr. Growth
No one else believes that...literally no one
— Skyline Growth (@SkylineGrow) December 13, 2019
Deep Dive Here into Realpolitik with Professor Zoolander
$EMAN The macro forces (China Trade Deal) are now against Emagin and helping $KOPN. Given how much Kopin is already ahead both technologically and financially, Emagin will be destroyed very fast. Emagin may not survive till May 2020. Beware.
— ARVRInvestor (@ArvrInvestor) December 13, 2019
Any time the F-35 Tech is mentioned in any connection I'll assume it's emagin OLED. The EVR 30 which precede the 50 was a Kopin nHD LCD.
Collins Aerospace showcases expanded ERV system https://t.co/SAvqzy0gKi @CollinsAero pic.twitter.com/Eg9E5zwnBw
— Jane's (@JanesINTEL) December 12, 2019
Thursday, December 12, 2019
AFRL Funding
The bill would authorize more than $1.359 billion for research and development programs run out of the Air Force Research Lab’s (AFRL) Materials, Human Effectiveness, Propulsion, Aerospace Systems, Sensors and Manufacturing Directorates at Wright-Patt. This funding is critical to addressing emerging threats and strategic challenges that our men and women in uniform face.
Brown Secures Dayton & Wright-Patterson Priorities in Key Defense Bill
DPA Increased Funding
The Manufacturing Technology Division of Wright-Patterson’s Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) helps run a key defense manufacturing program, which is housed at Wright-Patt, that allows the federal government to support defense-related manufacturing when domestic capabilities aren’t able to meet national security needs. The program was created under the Defense Production Act (DPA), and supports Ohio jobs and brings investments to the region through contracts awarded to the program. The DPA is overseen by the Senate Banking Committee, on which Brown sits as Ranking Member.
Anticipating a major increase in the need for leading edge industrial base technology projects in the next several years, identified by Pentagon planners, Brown led the effort with Sen. Crapo (R-ID), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, to increase authorized funding under the DPA from $133 million annually to $250 million annually for the next four years. This authorization will provide an additional $117 million annually over the next five years and will help the DOD address risks to the manufacturing and defense industrial base. This funding will be used for projects across the country and will help support jobs at Wright-Patt.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahha
$KOPN is trading like it is the one about to go BK
— Skyline Growth (@SkylineGrow) December 12, 2019
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
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