Vuzix Corporation, a leading supplier of smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) technology and products, has announced it has recently received additional follow-on orders from three defense contractors with which it has been working.
The Rochester, New York-based company noted that these are primarily second and third round orders for waveguide-based products that continue the progression towards expected volume commercial rollouts.
"The need for AR-based wearable devices is going to be pervasive and the defense space is no exception; as a result, our aerospace and defense-related OEM opportunities continue to expand,” president and CEO Paul Travers said in a statement. “We are ideally positioned as the only US-based manufacturer of waveguides for these kinds of products.”
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Vuzix said it is presently engaged with a total of five different aerospace and defense contractors who are in various stages of their solution development utilizing Vuzix components.
The company said it expects further non-recurring engineering (NRE) revenues in subsequent phases from some of these contractors before a customer-accepted final product design would lead to an eventual production program order while, in at least one case, these are early production components.
"We will continue to develop and refine the waveguide and display engine technologies that these contractors need for their next-generation solutions as we move closer to final production rollouts,” Travers concluded.
Vuzix holds 246 patents and patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the Video Eyewear field. The company has won Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2022 and several wireless technology innovation awards among others.
The company's products include personal displays and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable high-quality viewing experience, and provide solutions for mobility, wearable displays and augmented reality.
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