AUSA 2025: Kopin pushes micro-LED plans as China moves faster
Kopin has been awarded a contract for micro-LEDs for combat aircraft displays. (Photo: Kopin)
The plan for the new displays follows fresh investment in Kopin’s European facilities by Theon and an order for head-up displays in fielded aircraft, with funding from the US Department of Defense.
Kopin, a Massachusetts, US-based display manufacturer, has noted several major milestones in the past year including a recent US$3.2 million contract award to provide micro-LED (micro-light-emitting diode) displays for combat aircraft head-up displays (HUDs).
The company last year outlined its work on micro-LED displays and plans to get it to dismounted troops displays which are vastly different than the company’s recently announced production version of a mono-chrome micro-LED which was designed for an aircraft retro-fit application.
Speaking to Shephard at AUSA last week, a company official said prototypes would be “available in October 2026 but the goal is to have
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