Military Renews UDC's OLED Display Contract

Extreme Tech has an article on the renewal of the OLED Display Contract by the U.S. Army and Air Force for Universal Display Corporation.

Universal Display Corporation's focus is on creating and commercializing OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology for use in various opto-electronics including flat-panel displays. The lightweight and durable devices currently incorporate Universal Display's OLED, PHOLED (phosphorescent OLED), TOLED (top-emitting OLED), and FOLED (flexible OLED) technologies.

U.S. Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) announced that the U.S. Army Communication Electronics Research & Development Engineering Center (CERDEC) has officially agreed to renew its contract with Universal Display. As part of it's $1.275 million R&D facility extension, Universal Display will work with Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and L-3 Communications - Display Systems, to develop an active-matrix OLED (AMOLED) display for use in communications devices.

This is excellent news for those of us watching and waiting for OLED displays to make it into our favourite PDAs etc.