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G&H to Supply Periscopes for UK Tank Program
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 contract to G&H for the supply of a custom specific variant of its Embedded Image Periscope (EIP) for integration into the Trailblazer Driver Vision System. Challenger 3 is a new main battle tank being developed by Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land
Smiths Detection and Block MEMS to Develop Chemical Detection Tech
EDGEWOOD, Md., Aug. 19, 2022 — Threat detection and security technology company Smiths Detection will work with Block MEMS to develop a proximate chemical agent detector (PCAD) for noncontact detection of solid and liquid threats on various surfaces. The Defense Threat Reduction...
Raytheon UK Makes Moves in Laser Weaponry and Space Surveillance
HARLOW, England, July 20, 2022 — Raytheon UK will open an advanced laser integration center in Livingston, Scotland. The center will be focused on testing, fielding, and maintenance of defensive high-energy laser (HEL) weapons. According to Michael Hofle, senior director of High...
Space Development Agency Awards 2 Missile-Tracking Contracts
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 20, 2022 — The Space Development Agency awarded two prototype agreements with a potential value of more than $1.3 billion for the establishment of the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer. The projects will provide the initial missile warning/missile tracking warfighting...
Velo 3D Opens European Facility: Week in Brief: 06/24/22
GRENOBLE, France, June 24, 2022 — Scintil Photonics, a supplier of advanced silicon photonic integrated circuits with monolithically integrated lasers and optical amplifiers, secured €13.5 million ($14.4 million) in second-round financing. Funds will enable the company to...
BlueHalo Awarded Two AFRL Contracts
ARLINGTON, Va., June 21, 2022 — BlueHalo has been awarded two contracts by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), one for optical laser communications and one for a directed-energy modeling and simulations virtual range. The contract for the virtual directed-energy range,...
Laser-Based Fusion Energy Startup Closes Funding Round: Week in Brief: 04/22/22
OSAKA, Japan, April 22, 2022 — EX-Fusion, a startup aimed at commercializing laser-based fusion energy, closed a pre-seed round funding of ¥130 million ($1 million). The round was led by ANRI, a Tokyo-based venture capital firm, along with Osaka University Venture Capital....
Olympus Opens Discovery Center: Week in Brief: 02/18/22
WALTHAM, Mass. — Olympus opened the Olympus Discovery Center at Texas A&M Health to support research focused on treating, alleviating, and preventing human diseases. The facility provides researchers with access to cutting-edge microscopy equipment, allowing...
Navy Research Contracts Vescent to Develop Portable Atomic Clocks
GOLDEN, Colo., Dec. 21, 2021 — Vescent Photonics signed a $16.2 million development program with the Office of Navy Research (ONR) in response to an ONR Broad Area Announcement. Under the three-phase, five-year Compact Rubidium Optical Clock (CROC) Program, Vescent will design,...
AR Tech by Teledyne FLIR to Display Hazmat Threats
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 9, 2021 — Teledyne FLIR has won a development contract worth up to $15.7 million with the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Joint Science and Technology Office (DTRA JSTO) to develop battlefield threat-mapping and visualization tools. The...
Boeing and GA-EMS to Partner on Development of Directed Energy Prototype
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27, 2021 — A team from General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing has been awarded a U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) contract to develop a 300-kW-class solid-state distributed-gain high-energy laser weapon...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 10/22/21
Oct 22, 2021 — CINCINNATI — In Place Machining (IPM), parent company of Exact Metrology, has acquired OASIS Alignment Services LLC as part of a long-term growth strategy to expand its reach and service offerings in North America. Paired with its acquisition...
Army Research Lab Awards SBIR Contract to Lumetrics
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 15, 2021 — Lumetrics, a manufacturer of precision noncontact thickness measurement and noncontact optical inspection systems, was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the Army Research Lab. Under the contract, Lumetrics will ensure...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 08/20/21
Aug 20, 2021 — BALTIMORE — Pixelligent and the University of Massachusetts Amherst were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to support their collaborative project titled “Research Partnership for Scalable Metalens Fabrication.”...
Brimrose to Develop Sophisticated Sensing Instrument for NASA
SPARKS, Md., June 7, 2021 — NASA has selected Brimrose Technology Corporation (BTC) to provide a sophisticated sensing technology to search for materials on the moons and planets of our solar system. The winning proposal is for the development of CIMMOS, a compact, integrated,...
Dynetics Wins NASA Contract for Laser Air-Monitoring System
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 1, 2021 — Applied science and information technology company Dynetics Inc. was awarded a contract to produce a laser air-monitoring system (LAMS) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft, beginning with the Artemis III mission. The LAMS contract is valued at $17.8...
Subsea Lidar Deployed in North Sea Project
LONGMONT, Colo., April 23, 2021 — 3D at Depth Inc., a commercial subsea lidar (SL) laser technology company, completed a series of measurements at eight locations in support of an initiative that seeks to improve oil recovery on the Norwegian continental shelf. 3D at Depth performed...
US Customs and Border Protection Awarding FLIR up to $23M for Surveillance Tech
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 15, 2021 — FLIR Systems is a recipient of at least $23 million in awards from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency. The funding will allow FLIR to deliver improved air and ground surveillance capabilities using advanced thermal imaging and drone...
Arizona Optics Industry Continues Growth of Optics Valley
TUCSON, Ariz., March 27, 2019 — The Arizona optics industry continues its upward trend with a $500,000 contract awarded to a business consultancy firm that is a member of the Arizona Technology Council, an organization dedicated to growing Optics Valley.
ISP Optics Awarded $5M Lens Contract
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 18, 2018 — Optical and IR component manufacturer LightPath Technologies Inc. has announced that its subsidiary ISP Optics Corp. has been awarded a $5 million purchase contract for a variety of IR optical lens elements by a major commercial IR vision products...
L3 Awarded $150M Night Vision Contract
NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2018 — L3 Technologies Inc. has been awarded a $150 million contract from an international country to provide night vision equipment with next-generation accuracy such as L3’s Binocular Night Vision Goggles, Holographic Weapon Sights, Light Weapon...
Adaptive Optics Associates Awarded WFIRST Contract
DEVENS, Mass., June 23, 2017 — Adaptive Optics Associates Inc., a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp., has been awarded a sole-source contract to provide mission-critical optical technology for the WFIRST coronagraph instrument. WFIRST is a future IR space observatory that was...
Elbit Awarded $82M Contract
HAIFA, Israel, April 7, 2017 — High technology developer Elbit Systems Ltd. has been awarded an $82 million contract to provide an Asian-Pacific country with a comprehensive, electro-optic airborne solution for use in intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and...
UK Defense Ministry Awards £30M Weapons Contract to Dragonfire
LONDON, Jan. 19, 2017 — The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a £30 million ($36 million) contract to British industrial consortium Dragonfire for a laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW). The project will assess innovative LDEW technologies and approaches,...
Framos to Distribute e2v Sensors
CHELMSFORD, England, July 27, 2016 — Technology system and component manufacturer e2v has appointed imaging solutions provider Framos as its distributor for high-performance CMOS image sensors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. e2v’s entire CMOS image sensor portfolio, which...
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