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Longview Fusion Energy Advances Plan for Fusion Power Plant
LIVERMORE, Calif., March 12, 2024 — Longview Fusion Energy Systems said last week that it has enlisted engineering and construction firm Fluor to design a laser fusion power plant — a step toward the company's stated goal of delivering power to the grid via its fusion pilot plant by the early 2030s. The California-based Longview aims to use the same laser-based fusion approach championed at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). According to Longview, at full capacity its fusion...
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ABB Acquires Real Tech; Kopin Receives $20.5M Weapon Optics Contract: Week in Brief: 1/12/24
ZÜRICH, Jan. 12, 2024 — ABB, an electrification and automation technology company, has agreed to acquire the Canadian based Real Tech, a supplier of optical sensor technology that enables real-time water monitoring and testing. Real Tech has more than 10,000 installed...
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CAMAS, Wash., Dec. 1, 2023 — nLIGHT Inc. has been selected to provide a high-energy laser (HEL) in support of the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) prototyping effort. The...
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GETXO, Spain, Nov. 28, 2023 — Engineering and technology group SENER will lead the design and manufacture of the space probe and scientific instruments for the Comet Interceptor mission of the European Space Agency (ESA). SENER, in cooperation with the Japanese Space Agency...
nLIGHT HELSI Contract Soars to $171 Million
CAMAS, Wash., Nov. 6, 2023 — Semiconductor fiber laser technology developer nLIGHT, via nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, was awarded additional options that more than double the previously announced contract to produce a high-energy laser prototype as part of the second phase of the...
Jenoptik Adds to Berlin Sites: Week in Brief: 06/30/23
JENA, Germany, June 30, 2023 — Jenoptik has completed its new site on Gross-Berliner Damm in Berlin. In the new production facilities and state-of-the-art environment, more than 100 employees will develop and manufacture optical components and systems especially for dentistry...
ADVA Rebrands as Adtran Networks SE; Swave Photonics Adds Investment Capital: Week in Brief: 06/23/23
MUNICH, June 23, 2023 — ADVA Optical Networking SE’s proposed name change to Adtran Networks SE was approved by the 2023 Annual General Meeting of ADVA Optical Networking SE on May 24. The change was registered in the commercial register of the local court of Jena,...
Rockley Photonics Completes Financial Restructure: Week in Brief: 06/09/23
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Exail to Provide Navigation Tech to US Coast Guard: Week in Brief: 06/02/23
PARIS, June 2, 2023 — Exploration technology company Exail received a $2.2 million contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to replace obsolete gyrocompass systems on the 175-ft Keeper-class buoy tenders. The contract includes Octans gyrocompasses and Netans navigation data...
nLIGHT Lands $86M Defense Contract to Develop High-Energy Laser
CAMAS, Wash., May 9, 2023 — nLIGHT, a provider of high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers, has been awarded an $86 million contract to produce a high-energy laser (HEL) prototype for the next phase of development in support of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD)...
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SCHOTT to Provide IR Glass for Air Defense Systems: Week in Brief: 04/14/23
DURYEA, Pa., April 14, 2023 — Glass technology company SCHOTT (SCHOTT North America) was awarded a multimillion-dollar contract from a leading defense contractor for infrared glass. The order supplies glass for launch tube windows, a critical component of air defense systems...
Ams OSRAM Wraps Digital Systems Business Divestiture: Week in Brief: 04/07/23
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TRUMPF Expands Schramberg Site: Week in Brief: 03/10/23
DRESDEN, Germany, March 10, 2022 — Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS (Fraunhofer IPMS) developed the MACsec Controller IP-Core, which implements the latest Ethernet security standards to provide authentication, integrity, and encryption of data between different...
POET, Beijing FeiYunYi Reach Agreement: Week in Brief: 02/24/23
TORONTO, Feb. 24, 2023 — Optical telecom technology company POET Technologies reached an agreement with Beijing FeiYunYi Technology (BFYY) to design optical engines for deployment in optical modules in the telecom market globally, beginning in China. The agreement, valued...
iThera Medical Closes $15.6M Funding Round: Week in Brief: 12/23/22
MUNICH, Dec. 23, 2022 — Medical technology company iThera Medical closed a £13 million ($15.6 million) funding round led by TRUMPF Venture. The funding will drive the company’s commercialization and development of its multispectral optoacoustic tomography...
Lockheed Martin, RAFAEL to Collaborate on Laser System
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 11, 2022 — Bruker Corp. acquired Inscopix Inc., a developer of miniaturized microscopes known as miniscopes, for freely moving animal brain imaging. Since Inscopix’s founding in 2011, its flagship miniscope systems have been deployed in over 600 research...
Ayar Labs Strikes Government Contract, Eyes Growth
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 10, 2022 — Ayar Labs has been awarded a $15 million multiyear prototype Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) in support of Project KANAGAWA — the Co-Packaged Analog-Drive High-Bandwidth Optical Input/Output Project. The OTA, a nontraditional government...
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PsiQuantum, Air Force to Build Utility-Scale Quantum Computer
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 24, 2022 — PsiQuantum has inked a $22.5 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y., to formalize their partnership in quantum computing. The project enables a collaboration between PsiQuantum and AFRL on quantum photonic...
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ILMINSTER, England, Sept. 29, 2022 — G&H has won a contract to supply periscope technology as part of the U.K.’s Challenger 3 program, to upgrade the British army’s main battle tanks. Rheinmetall Electronics UK awarded the £4.1 million ($4.4 million) Challenger 3...
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