Axsys receives $4.4 million order for IR imaging lenses

August 26, 2005, Rocky Hill, CT--Axsys Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received a $4.4 million order to produce dual-field-of-view infrared imaging lenses for an advanced U.S. Army armored vehicle. These high-performance lenses will enable vehicle operators to carry out all-weather missions, day or night. The order specifies product delivery over the next twelve months.

"We are proud that Axsys has been selected for such a sophisticated and important program," said Stephen W. Bershad, Chairman and CEO of Axsys Technologies. "This contract is further evidence of Axsys' increasingly important role in the thermal imaging market." Axsys is a vertically integrated supplier of optical solutions for high-technology applications, serving the aerospace, defense and commercial markets.