Intevac Photonics Announces $16 Million IDIQ Contract for Apache Helicopter Program
October 04, 2021 at 04:05 pm EDT
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Intevac, Inc. announced it was awarded a five-year, firm-fixed-price, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a maximum value of $16.3 million for the continued production of night vision cameras for the Apache Helicopter's Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-PNVS) program for the U.S. Army. This contract, from the U.S. Army's PM Apache Office in Huntsville, Alabama, will provide cameras for new Apache Airframe builds, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) orders, and spares. This contract vehicle enables the U.S. Army to procure additional units through August 2026 at pre-negotiated pricing. The Electronic Image Intensification camera is based on Intevac's patented EBAPS (Electron Bombarded Active Pixel Sensor) digital imaging sensor for extreme low-light level detection.
Intevac, Inc. is a provider of thin-film process technology and manufacturing platforms for high-volume manufacturing environments. The Company operates through a single segment, which is Thin Film Equipment (TFE). The TFE segment designs, develops and markets vacuum process equipment solutions for high-volume manufacturing of small substrates with precise thin-film properties, such as for the hard disk drive (HDD) and advanced coatings (ADVC) markets, as well as other adjacent thin-film markets. In HDD Equipment Market, it designs, manufactures, markets and services complex capital equipment used to deposit thin films and lubricants onto substrates to produce magnetic disks. In ADVC Market, the Company develops equipment to deposit optically transparent thin films onto display cover panels typically found on consumer and automotive electronics products. Its products include 200 Lean Disk Sputtering System, TRIO, and upgrades, spares, consumables and services (non-systems business).