Intevac Receives $9.6M IDIQ Contract from NAVAIR

Intevac Photonics, a subsidiary of Intevac, Inc., (Nasdaq:IVAC) announced today it has received a $9.6M IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity) contract from the U.S. Navy Naval Air Warfare Center. This contract covers on-going performance improvements of Intevac’s proprietary four mega-pixel digital night vision sensor (ISIE 4000) for various Navy aircraft platforms. This sensor is based on Intevac’s patented EBAPS® (Electron Bombarded Active Pixel Sensor) design of digital imaging sensors for extreme low light-level detection. The award represents a five year base contract with additional options. Intevac received the initial delivery order for $1.9M within the IDIQ award.

"This contract for further enhancements of our four mega-pixel EBAPS digital sensor is an important award for our business, as it represents the U.S. Military’s continued support of our sensor technology, allowing us to expand our product family of EBAPS digital sensors for key U.S. Military applications," commented Joe Pietras, executive vice president and general manager of Intevac Photonics.

About Intevac

Intevac was founded in 1991 and has two businesses: Equipment and Intevac Photonics.

Equipment Business: We are a leader in the design, development and marketing of high productivity lean manufacturing systems and have been producing Lean Thinking platforms since 1994. We provide process manufacturing equipment solutions to the hard disk drive industry, high-productivity process manufacturing equipment and inspection solutions to the solar photovoltaic industry and wafer handling platforms to the semiconductor industry.

Intevac Photonics: We are a leader in the development and manufacture of leading edge, high-sensitivity imaging products and vision systems, as well as table-top and handheld Raman instruments. Markets addressed include military, industrial, medical and scientific.

For more information call 408-986-9888, or visit the company's website at www.intevac.com.

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Contacts:

Intevac
Jeff Andreson, 408-986-9888
Chief Financial Officer
or
Claire McAdams, 530-265-9899
Investor Relations

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