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EOS Receives Space Contract
Nov 1, 2011 — Electro Optics Systems (EOS) Holding Ltd. of Canberra, Australia, has been awarded a $3 million Department of Defence Concept Technology Demonstrator contract to demonstrate that its electro-optic space surveillance sensors integrate and operate effectively with existing space surveillance sensors. The contract will require that the sensors be tested in real-time operations with existing space surveillance radars to establish that they can operate effectively within existing tracking...
Northrop Grumman Integrates QCL into CIRCM System
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Oct 11, 2011 — Northrop Grumman Corp. and Daylight Solutions, of San Diego, have announced the testing and integration of the Solaris quantum cascade laser (QCL) based system into the Northrop Grumman offering for the US Army’s mission-critical Common...
EOS Receives $3M Space Contract
CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 25, 2011 — Electro Optics Systems (EOS) Holding Ltd. has been awarded a $3 million Department of Defence Concept Technology Demonstrator (CTD) contract to demonstrate that its electro-optic space surveillance sensors integrate and operate effectively with...
Daylight Solutions Closes $15M Funding Round
SAN DIEGO, July 18, 2011 — Daylight Solutions Inc. has announced the close of a $15 million Series C equity financing round with Northrop Grumman Corp., the lead investor, together with several of the company’s existing investors. “The Series C financing...
Webb Telescope Completes First Round of Mirror Tests
GREENBELT, Md., June 20, 2011 — The first six of 18 segments that will form the James Webb Space Telescope’s primary mirror has undergone final cryogenic testing. The 10-week series included two test cycles where the mirrors were chilled down to -379 °F, then back...
Maritime laser sets boat afire in test
ARLINGTON, Va. – A solid-state high-energy laser (HEL) successfully disabled a small target vessel from a surface ship, an achievement that could offeradvanced self-defense to surface ships and personnel. The Office of Naval Research and Northrop Grumman...
‘Time Traveling’ Mirrors Arrive at Space Center
GREENBELT, Md., April 27, 2011 — NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has received the primary and secondary mirror engineering design units (EDUs) from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. The units currently are undergoing examination and testing, and when used on the James...
Laser Used at Sea to Set Boat Afire
ARLINGTON, Va., April 13, 2011 — The Navy and Northrop Grumman have successfully tested a solid-state, high-energy laser (HEL) from a surface ship, using it to set a smaller target vessel on fire. The Office of Naval Research said the April 6 test of the Maritime Laser...
Oxford Instruments to Auction Off Patents
CHICAGO, March 10, 2011 — Technology patents from Oxford Instruments will be auctioned off at ICAP Ocean Tomo’s Spring 2011 Live IP Auction on March 31 in New York City. The related lots to be sold include patents involving an imaging system and a microbolometer. ...
Four-fold Quantum Memory Demonstrated
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 3, 2010 — Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have demonstrated quantum entanglement for a quantum state stored in four spatially distinct atomic memories. Their work also demonstrated a quantum interface between the atomic...
High-Average-Power Cryogenic Lasers for New Applications
Nov 1, 2010 — The fundamental metrics used to determine effectiveness for military applications are size, weight, efficiency, reliability, performance and cost. In the commercial world, size and weight are less important but nevertheless desirable to decrease...
Land-locked Laser Burns Boat Across Potomac
DAHLGREN, Va., Oct. 6, 2010 — Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. reports its maritime laser system now shows "higher lethality" at longer ranges, after a system test resulted in several laser burns through small sections of a boat located across the Potomac River. The...
Fiber, Disk can Coexist in Industrial Market
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 21, 2010 — The industrial laser market has room for both disk and fiber lasers, and in the future hybrid systems may appear. Those were some of the conclusions of a Market Focus panel discussion on industrial lasers held during the CLEO/QELS 2010 exhibition....
Northrop Grumman Wins Army Contract
APOPKA, Fla., March 31, 2010 — Northrop Grumman Corp., a provider of aerospace and security solutions, has received a delivery order award from the US Army valued at $142.7 million to provide more than 500 lightweight laser designator rangefinders (LLDR) under a five-year...
OFC/NFOEC 2010 Spotlights Nobel Prize Winner
SAN DIEGO, March 10, 2010 – Featuring technology from around the world and every sector of optical communications, the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), being held March 21-25 at the San Diego...
Tracey Joins Vytran as Sales Engineer
MORGANVILLE, N.J., March 9, 2010 – Fiber fusion splicing, assembly and fiber-based glass processing solutions supplier Vytran LLC has hired Jim Tracey as its sales engineer for North America. With a primary focus on developing the company’s business in the sensing, medical and...
Romano Joins PPG Board
Sep 16, 2009 — Photonic Products Group Inc. (PPG) of Northvale, N.J., announced that defense industry veteran Dennis G. Romano has been appointed to its board and will serve until the annual election in June 2010. Romano had a lengthy career in the defense sector...
Northrop Helps Photonics Academy
Aug 31, 2009 — Northrop Grumman Corp., which operates its Laser Systems business unit in Apopka, Fla., has helped establish the new Wekiva High School Photonics Academy there by contributing $50,000 in cash and equipment, the company announced Monday. The academy,...
ABL Talk Draws CLEO Crowd
BALTIMORE, Md., June 9, 2009 – During the PhAST Track session at CLEO 2009, Steve Post of the Missile Defense Agency offered an overview of the Airborne Laser program, describing mission objectives, weapon system elements and program progression.
ABL Talk Draws CLEO Crowd
BALTIMORE, Md., June 9, 2009 – Closing out the CLEO PhAST Track session titled, “Defense Applications of Lasers and Electro-optics Technology,” was a presentation about the Airborne Laser (ABL) Program. Having been in recent news due to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’...
Flir Receives $4M Order
WILSONVILLE, Ore., April 7, 2009 – Flir Systems received a $4.1 million order from Northrop Grumman for multisensor target designation systems, to be installed on Northrop's Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles.
Gates: Scrap 2nd ABL
ARLINGTON, Va., April 6, 2009 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is recommending that a second Airborne Laser (ABL) prototype aircraft be scrapped and the program be shifted to a research and development effort as part of a plan to reduce the Missile Defense Agency budget by $1.4...
Airborne Laser Program Faces Uphill Battle
Mar 27, 2009 — Defense contractors face an uphill battle to convince lawmakers and taxpayers to continue funding the Airborne Laser Program, which involves outfitting a Northrop Grumman chemical-oxygen-iodine laser onto the nose of a Boeing 747-400F freighter...
Northrop Grumman Promotes Jay Shiba
Mar 3, 2009 — Northrop Grumman Corp. of Baltimore has named Jay A. Shiba vice president of supply chain management for its Electronic Systems sector. Shiba has held a number of management positions in contracts and business management, including manager of...
Have Sex with People, Not Robots
Dec 18, 2008 — Have you seen the reports on Project Aiko? The brainchild of a Vietnamese Canadian named Trung Le, Aiko is a robot that looks like a woman (a "fembot" for you Austin Powers fans). Le claims that he doesn't have sex with the robot, but admits that he...
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