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| These new inventions discussed today will help drive our innovations that solve our customers' most difficult technical problems and serve as the bedrock of our business which will fuel our long-term sustainable growth for our employees, our customers and stakeholders |
| Looking forward, we are very fortunate to have world-leading and market-making customers who are supporting Kopin during this transformational period |
| Now I'm proud to announce that we've made significant progress on our transformation plan and turned in $10.6 million in revenue for the quarter |
| Our fourth consecutive positive book-to-bill quarter at improved margins |
| We believe this is a record order level for Kopin over the last 10 years |
| Our continually growing order book translated into good third quarter revenues at $10.6 million as compared to $11.7 million for the third quarter of 2022 |
| This $12.8 million follow-on order represents a significant increase in year-over-year volume and revenue from the strategic customer, and we expect significant additional orders shortly for the same product |
| We approach closer to this milestone by improving margins and closely scrutinizing R&D and SG&A, spending by continually focus on what we can control and deliver, and we expect to deliver solid margins and the growth our investors look for |
| We now have the contracts in place for solid revenue growth, and our goal remains to become a more predictable and profitable firm in the coming year |
| These orders are a result of improved customer relationships, program management focus, and the dedication to improving on-time in full processes, and a great customer who has been very patient and supportive of our transformation plan |
| As evidenced in our third quarter results, our focus continues to be on strengthening our record order book, achieving higher on-time and full rates, cost controls and making the strategic investments in products and people which in the aggregate will improve cash flow and provide long-term sustainable profitability and growth |
| They're very excited about the technology |
| And we're replacing them with new contracts with new pricing that is more advantageous for Kopin and I think you'll see a gross margin lift there because we did have conversations with our customers around price increases due to inflation, due to scope creep, due to lots of different things that have happened over the course of the last few years |
| Kevin Dede Pretty strong sequential growth in research and development revenue, and upmarkedly from sort of the past five or six quarter trend |
| And then, frankly, in eight to ten weeks, hopefully we have a very positive answer |
| We expect several new customers, partners and project awards and announcements soon which will add modestly to our order book but more importantly will fuel larger returns in the future as these new projects move into production |
| And when we see the money come in, we'll see how quickly we can get this in the hands of folks, specifically in the consumer marketplace where we have tremendous demand currently |
| We welcome David to the team and believe he will be a great asset for Kopin and our shareholders |
| To this end, our opportunity pipeline has grown substantially in the past few quarters |
| So that was great news |
| And so we're getting in what we can when we can get it to make sure we have good production |
| Kevin Dede Well, it's just incredibly exciting, and I don't know of anyone that's approaching, to paraphrase Glenn, skin in the cat this way |
| If you take our source of revenue, product revenue and funded R&D, and you subtract cost of sales and funded R&D expense, our gross margins this year, year-to-date, is about $7.8 million, which is 150% increase over the prior year |
| Revenue was up in the quarter |
| So we have this capability and we think that we can solve the problems in the AR VR marketplace by those sensor fusion activities that we're embarking upon now |
| Now, I've said in the past, this year's focus is on returning the operation to cash break-even levels as a milestone of our transformation plan, and we've progressed well against that milestone in Q3 |
| I did I realize you have this strong 12.8 million thermal weapons order |
| We are progressing well against our PPAP milestones and continue to engage with General Dynamics on opportunities for the platform to be integrated into previous upgrade packages and into light armored vehicle programs as well |
| There was lots of ways that we could improve that and also some of the covenants that these devices have broken in consumer electronics size, weight, power consumption, user adaptation those are things that are getting AR adoption rates right now |
| Our approach incorporates sensors within the display itself, which has the benefit of reducing size, weight, power consumption, design complexity, and ultimately cost |
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| Our industrial revenue were down $1.4 million year-over-year due to continued weakness in the 3D automated test market, specifically in China |
| The decrease in product revenues was driven by a 1.7 million or 82% decrease in industrial revenues over the prior year due to continued weakness in the Chinese 3D automated test market |
| Turning to our financial results, total revenues for Q3 2023 were $10.6 million versus $11.7 million for the prior year, a 10% decrease |
| Defense revenues decreased $800,000 or 14% year-over-year |
| So that was the reason for, I'd say, the lack of information on the last call |
| As an example, are the user eyes dilating quickly, implying that they're in a state of fight or flight? In that case, the display's brightness should go down quickly and contrast must increase |
| Software and artificial intelligence are new endeavors for Kopin and we recognize that we lack certain capabilities to tackle these on our own |
| So we probably won't really achieve good stability until first quarter of next year |
| Was there some delay there or is it just bureaucracy? Michael Murray So the SEP4 [Ph] upgrade has been effectively canceled to my understanding |
| The third quarter of 2023 we had foreign currency losses of $14,000 as compared to a loss of $112,000 in Q3 2022 |
| And that was what I was worried about in the last call is I wasn't sure what the SEP4 upgrade schedule was going to look like, although I couldn't say anything |
| So we took that challenge |
| So I visited many consumer companies here in the United States and just as many defense companies that are all struggling with the same phenomenon which is the nausea that some of these systems create |
| Because essentially the way that you view video specifically and the way I view video is very different and that's what led us to believe that the display has to change |
| The net loss attributable to Kopin during the third quarter was approximately $2.5 million or $0.02 per share compared with $6.1 million or $0.07 per share for the third quarter of 2022 |
| R&D expenses in the third quarter of 2023 were $3.1 million compared with $3.4 million during the third quarter of 2022, a 10% decrease year-over-year |
| A technical accounting issue was raised on revenue recognition of a development contract that required additional research to ensure proper accounting and was resolved earlier today |
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