COSTA MESA--- Irvine Sensors Included in Pilot Program by U.S. Army

Irvine Sensors Corporation (NASDAQ:IRSN) announced today that it is one of a limited number of businesses named by the U.S. Army to be a Commercialization Pilot Program ("CPP") Company in the current government fiscal year. CPP companies are eligible to receive additional support from the Army, over and above any potential Small Business Innovation Research ("SBIR") funding, to help transition of their products into use by the military. The Army's CPP selection process involves a rigorous analysis of SBIR companies that have Phase II projects that have prospects to meet high-priority requirements.

John Carson, Irvine Sensors' Chairman and CEO, said, "Our Phase II SBIR proposal that led to CPP eligibility is for further development of a clip-on thermal imager that could be attached to the roughly half-million night vision goggles that are currently in the Army's inventory. The existing goggles work by intensifying images created by very low light. Our clip-on creates images from heat emissions and is designed to compatibly work with the goggle's image intensifier. This combination would offer the wearer an enhanced view of the scene, plus the ability to still have vision even in total darkness or other adverse viewing conditions."

Irvine Sensors Corporation (http://www.irvine-sensors.com/), headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, is a vision systems company engaged in the development and sale of miniaturized infrared and electro-optical cameras, image processors and stacked chip assemblies and research and development related to high density electronics, miniaturized sensors, optical interconnection technology, high speed network security, image processing and low-power analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for diverse systems applications.