September 22, 2008 - OASYS Technology wins Thermal Weapon Sight Head Mounted Display, “TWS-HMD” program. OASYS has received a multi-year, indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity (IDIQ) award from the U.S. Army RDECOM Acquisition Center for an estimated 20,000 units of its new Remote Eyepiece Display-Imager (“RED-I”) head-mounted display system which is configured for the thermal weapon sight head-mounted viewer (TWS-HMV) program. Production rate deliveries will commence in 2Q 2009 and will continue to the year 2014. The line-replaceable units of the TWS-version of the RED-I system are backward compatible with the earlier Cupola Protective Ensemble head-mounted viewer (NSN #5855-01-556-7130) which has been in production since 2007. The patent-applied-for monolithic eyepiece optic provides a field of view and resolution equivalent or better than the Thermal Weapon Sight (TWS) internal eyepiece, and allows a see-through mode of operation if desired. The custom driver electronics provide simple controls, low battery indication, temperature compensation for display brightness, and a “no video” detection circuit for power savings. Although the TWS procurement does not require full color video operation, the RED-I system can be equipped with a color display as an option. OASYS program manager and system lead designer John M. Hall states, “The transition from the CPE to the TWS version of our RED-I display system includes several enhancements which will benefit the soldier in a variety of harsh environmental situations. At the same time, other improvements enable OASYS to produce units at a schedule and cost which gives the Army an ability to afford placing large quantities into the field very quickly.”