OPTX) Secures New Optics Order for Defense Head-Up Microdisplays

Enabling cutting-edge visualization systems

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, April 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Syntec Optics (Nasdaq: OPTX), a mission-critical supplier of scientific and technical instruments and defense and aerospace optics to OEMs, today announced orders for a new high-resolution, wide-field-of-view, innovative freeform prism subsystem that makes up high-brightness and high-contrast defense microdisplays used for viewing vital information. These new orders add to orders received for other versions of microdisplay optics already in production. Delivery is scheduled for 2024.

Syntec Optics has been contributing since the initial development and early production orders of such mission-critical lightweight freeform prism sub-systems used in visualization systems that began over a decade ago for aviation pilots.

“I am excited to see how the Syntec Optics team is unique in producing lightweight freeform using advanced manufacturing techniques,” said Sara Hart, Sales Director of Syntec Optics.

“The team here appreciates the opportunity to contribute to a device that significantly increases situational awareness. Freeform prisms require intricate manufacturing techniques, and making them lightweight needs cutting-edge technology,” said Beth Blood, Program Manager at Syntec Optics.

US defense is actively fielding optical systems with advanced visualization techniques, requiring multiple orders of lightweight freeform prisms. Electronics integrated by OEM generate augmented reality information overlays onto these wide-field-of-view OLED micro-displays.

About Syntec Optics

Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTX), a 20-year optics and photonics leader for scientific and technical instruments and aerospace and defense products, has the mission of keeping American soldiers out of harm's way, improving patient care and bringing more precision products to the consumer and ubiquitous communications. Syntec Optics, headquartered in Rochester, NY, is one of the largest custom optics and photonics manufacturers in the United States. Operating for over two decades, Syntec Optics runs a state-of-the-art facility with extensive core capabilities of various optics manufacturing processes, both horizontally and vertically integrated, to provide a competitive advantage for mission-critical OEMs. Syntec Optics recently launched new products, including Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite optics, lightweight night vision goggle optics, biomedical equipment optics, and precision microlens arrays. To learn more, visit www.syntecoptics.com.