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LightPath, Raytheon Ink $1M IR Optics Contract

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ORLANDO, Fla., March 16, 2012 — Optics manufacturer LightPath Technologies has entered into a $1.1 million research and development contract with Raytheon Vision Systems to develop low-cost infrared optics manufacturing processes.

The contract supports Raytheon’s $13.4 million DARPA low-cost thermal imaging program, which aims to develop wafer-scale manufacturing processes that will result in a camera on a chip that makes thermal imagers affordable, accessible and ubiquitous for military applications.

“Applications of infrared and thermal imaging technology have grown explosively over the last 10 years into various markets, including industrial inspection, automotive vision and security,” said Jim Gaynor, president and CEO. “Cost is now a major barrier to further expansion into mission-critical defense and high-volume commercial applications.”

LightPath’s work on the low-cost thermal imaging project will help it to further develop its molding technology and provide enhanced capabilities for thermal imaging lenses in the mid- and long-wavelength infrared spectrum.

For more information, visit: www.lightpath.com  
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Published: March 2012
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photonics
The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
thermal imaging
The process of producing a visible two-dimensional image of a scene that is dependent on differences in thermal or infrared radiation from the scene reaching the aperture of the imaging device.
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