Vuzix® Corporation , (“Vuzix” or, the “Company”), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, announced it has received a follow on order for and delivered a new version of a customized commercial avionics waveguide-based head mounted display (HMD) system to global Tier-1 Aerospace firm.
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The customized HMD waveguide and HD display engine development program with this customer has continued to expand and move toward production since it was first announced in 2018. Vuzix had previously completed multiple stages of product development and refinement with this partner through early 2021, receiving engineering awards totaling approximately $1.3 million over a multi-year period.
“We are pleased with the steady progress we have made with this large aerospace player and look forward to potentially entering into a commercial production opportunity for Vuzix beginning in 2022,” said Paul Travers, President and CEO of Vuzix. “OEM custom waveguide-based projects such as this should ultimately represent a profitable vehicle for leveraging our extensive optical expertise and IP and we look forward to announcing further production developments with this firm, as well as numerous other engineering and production opportunities with a growing list of aerospace and defense companies.”
About Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix is a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets. The Company’s products include personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable high-quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, wearable displays and augmented reality. Vuzix holds 243 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. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK, and Tokyo, Tokyo