Kopin Targeting Corporation

Kopin Targeting Corporation, a small business manufacturer based in Westborough, Massachusetts, develops wearable optical and display technologies for military applications as both a prime contractor under the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program and as a subcontractor supplying display components and optical modules to defense primes. The company competes exclusively under total small business set-asides, with 22% of recent awards as prime contracts (all SBIR Phase I and Phase II work) and 78% as subcontract deliveries of specialized display hardware to larger defense contractors.

Kopin's prime capability portfolio centers on heads-up display (HUD) system research and development for warfighter applications. Recent SBIR work includes a $2.0 million Phase II contract awarded by the Department of the Army on April 28, 2025, to develop an Off-the-Visor HUD system (contract W51701-24-C-0182), with ultimate completion in October 2026. The company completed a Phase I contract on the same topic valued at $249,560.33 (awarded May 28, 2024, completion November 28, 2024), and is currently executing a Phase I contract for advanced display research awarded March 2, 2026 ($249,722.22, completion June 1, 2026). The Office of Naval Research awarded a $239,385.00 SBIR Phase I contract in January 2024. The company leverages expertise from its parent company, Kopin Corp, in advanced optical and display component manufacturing.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Army programs. The Department of the Army accounts for 7 awards and $2.5 million in combined potential value across the portfolio, with Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Soldier and Army Space and Missile Defense Command among the named customers. The Department of the Navy (both Naval Air Systems Command and the Office of Naval Research) accounts for 3 awards and $239 thousand combined potential value. Across all awards, 89% concentration sits with the top five customer sub-organizations.

In its subcontractor role, Kopin supplies display modules, eyepieces, and optical components under multiple prime contractors. DRS Network & Imaging Systems LLC is the dominant subcontract relationship, accounting for nine sub-awards since December 2023 focused on the Family of Weapon Sights programs (FWS-Individual and FWS-Crew Served), the Improved Night and Day Observation Device Block III (INOD BLK III), and related production support. Kopin also supplies display and image modules to Rockwell Collins for helmet-mounted display work, to CAE USA for training and rehearsal systems, and to Applied Research Associates and Physical Sciences Inc. for specialized optical and sensor integration efforts. These subcontract awards flow through indefinite delivery contracts including W91CRB23D0007 and W91CRB16D0031, and through established programs such as Enhanced Night Vision Goggle III and Family of Weapon Sight productions.

The award portfolio shows growth from two awards in 2023 to nine in 2024, followed by six in 2025 and one so far in 2026. Combined obligated dollars ($6.9 million) exceed combined potential value ($2.7 million), reflecting production-phase deliveries and performance-based payments on established programs. Only one award (the current Phase I research contract valued at $2.0 million) faces completion within the next twenty-four months. SCI reporting captures minimal activity — 0.3 FTEs in FY2024 under one subcontractor record — reflecting that the vendor's federal footprint consists primarily of SBIR research contracts and physical product deliveries, which fall outside the SCI service-contract reporting threshold.