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March 2003

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Mahr Federal to Install Race Car Metrology Tools PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 31 -- Mahr Federal Inc. has signed a multiyear sponsorship agreement with Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), two-time winner of NASCAR's Winston Cup Championship, to install dimensional...

Report: Optical Test Equipment Market to Rise SAN MATEO, Calif., March 31 -- The global consumption of selected test equipment and instrumentation used in optical (lightwave) communication applications will grow from $3.175 billion in 2002 to...

Lockheed Martin to Supply F-35 Transceivers EAGAN, Minn., March 28 -- Lockheed Martin has received a $9.2 million contract from Harris Corp. to deliver transceivers for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. The transceivers are a...

Cubic Awarded $12 M Army Contract SAN DIEGO, March 28 -- Cubic Defense Applications, a segment of Cubic Corp., has received a $12 million contract to provide its MILES 2000 laser-based combat training system to US Army troops at Fort...

Virtek Acquires German Laser Marking Company WATERLOO, Ontario, March 28 -- Virtek Vision International Inc., a developer of precision industrial laser-based solutions, announced it has acquired, through a wholly owned subsidiary, 75 percent of...

SensArray Infrared Awarded IR Laser Contract BURLINGTON, Mass., March 27 -- SensArray Infrared Corp., a manufacturer of imaging products, announced yesterday it has been awarded a $750,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II...

FTC Bars LASIK Claims WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) yesterday barred two major laser eye surger companies from making claims that LASIK surgery eliminates the need to wear corrective lenses....

Quantum Dot Facility Opens in Upstate NY

WATERVLIET, N.Y., March 27 -- Evident Technologies Inc., a nanotechnology materials manufacturer and applications company, announced production has begun in its new nanotechnology manufacturing...

OFC 2003: Service Providers Look to the Future ATLANTA, March 27 -- Participants in the Service Provider Summit, a new feature of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC) this year, looked at what's on the horizon to...

Boeing, Binariang to Launch Satellite KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 -- Binariang Satellite Systems and Boeing Satellite Systems, a unit of The Boeing Co., announced they have signed a contract for the procurement of a high-power commercial...

Energy Dept. Research Network Upgraded BERKELEY, Calif., March 26 -- The Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), the high-performance network funded by the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science, has just completed an upgrade to 2.5...

Ball Aerospace Wins NASA Sensing Contracts BOULDER, Colo., March 26 -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been awarded three contracts to perform technology development of earth science remote-sensing instruments under NASA’s Instrument...

OFC 2003: Bad News, Good News from Corning ATLANTA, March 26 -- Putting on a brave face, Corning Inc. said at its annual briefing yesterday at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC 2003) that although industry...

OFC 2003: Plenary Session Targets Change ATLANTA, March 26 -- A trio of speakers at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC 2003) painted a picture of change as the engine of renewal for the optical communications...

Optoelectronics Packaging Facility to Open in Scotland ATLANTA, March 25 -- Scotland's role in the global optoelectronics industry will be given a boost with a £4.2 million ($6.75 million) facility for packaging complex optoelectronic chips. Plans for...

Bell Labs Physicist Receives OSA Award ATLANTA, March 25 -- Bell Labs scientist Andrew Chraplyvy, a pioneer in the development of high-capacity optical fiber communications systems, received the Optical Society of America's (OSA) 2003...

Diomed Varicose Vein Treatment Approved ANDOVER, Mass., March 25 -- Diomed Holdings Inc., of Andover, has been given approval from Health Canada for its EndoVenous Laser Treatment (EVLT) laser system to treat varicose veins. Diomed also...

TeraXion Secures $10 M Financing QUEBEC CITY, March 25 -- TeraXion, a developer of high-speed optical network components, announced it has secured an additional $10 million in an ongoing second round of financing. SGF Tech inc. lead...

Report: Deregulation Creates 'Massive Loophole' WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Legislative and regulatory initiatives to remove regional Bell operating company (RBOC) fiber and "hybrid-fiber" facilities from the unbundling requirements of the 1996...

Indigo Systems Awarded Joint Strike Fighter Contract GOLETA, Calif., March 24 -- Indigo Systems was awarded a contract by Northrop Grumman Corp., Electronic Systems, to deliver infrared (IR) integrated detective assemblies (IDAs) for the F-35 Joint...

Corning Reiterates Projections for LCD Glass Business CORNING, N.Y., March 21 -- Corning Inc. reaffirmed that it expects annual revenue growth for its liquid crystal display (LCD) glass business of up to 20 to 40 percent, based on anticipated trends. In...

DRS Receives Infrared Sensor Orders PARSIPPANY, N.J., March 21 -- DRS Technologies Inc. announced it has received several new orders to provide uncooled infrared sensors for use in various military and commercial applications. The...

Raytheon Awarded $173.7 M for Laser-Guided Bombs TUCSON, Ariz., March. 21 -- Raytheon Company has been awarded $173.7 million by The Department of Defense (DoD) to produce Paveway II laser-guided bomb kits for the Air Force and the Navy. Work on...

DuPont Forms Photonics Technologies Business WILMINGTON, Del., and WILMINGTON, Mass., March 21 -- DuPont announced it has formed DuPont Photonics Technologies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary in Wilmington, Mass. The new business is part of...

Essex Sells Hyperfine WDM Devices To Telcordia COLUMBIA, Md., March 21 -- Telcordia Technologies has awarded Essex Corp. an 18-month first-phase subcontract for $375,000 that includes the sale of five hyperfine WDM devices and engineering...

Alcatel Business Systems Eyes Staff Cuts PARIS, March 20 -- Alcatel Business Systems, a French subsidiary of Alcatel, announced it may eliminate 350 jobs as part of its recently announced restructuring efforts, a result of continuing...

Agility Communications Awarded Tunable Laser Contract SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 20 -- Agility Communications Inc., a manufacturer of widely tunable components for metro, switching and long haul markets, announced today it was awarded a contract to...

Cambridge Display Technology Receives LEP Grant CAMBRIDGE, England, March 20 -- Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) announced it was awarded a grant from the UK Department of Trade and Industry for a collaborative project with the National Physical...

Applied Materials to Cut 2000 Jobs SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 19 -- Applied Materials Inc., supplier of wafer fabrication solutions to the semiconductor industry, has announced it will eliminate approximately 2000 positions, 14...

Night Vision, GPS, E-Bombs Poised for Debut WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Washington Post reported today that night-vision gadgetry could prove to be one of the most important advantages for American forces, including night-vision goggles to...

Nanotech Decoys for Viruses DAVIS, Calif., March 19 -- Using nanotechnology to stop human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) from entering cells is the ultimate aim of a new project at the University of California, Davis (UC...

Telaxis, Young Design to Merge SOUTH DEERFIELD, Mass., March 19 -- Telaxis Communications Corp., a developer of wireless fiber optic and Ethernet connectivity products, and Falls Church, Va.,-based Young Design Inc. (YDI), a...

Companies Demo Parallel Optics Interconnects at 10 Gb/s ULM, Germany, March 18 -- Four optical component companies have demonstrated a 120 Gb/s optical data link over 300 meters of multimode fiber ribbon: VCSEL manufacturer ULM-Photonics GMBH, integrated...

JMAR, Laurus Fund Enter Finance Agreement SAN DIEGO, March 18 -- JMAR Technologies Inc., a developer of advanced lasers, Collimated Plasma Lithography (CPL) systems and semiconductor production services, announced yesterday it has entered...

Northrop Grumman to Upgrade LITENING Systems ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., March 18 -- Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Defensive Systems Division has received the first US Air Force contract to upgrade LITENING targeting and navigation systems used by the...

Three-Five Systems to Spin Off Microdisplay Business TEMPE, Ariz., March 17 -- Three-Five Systems Inc. announced today that its board of directors has approved a spinoff of its LCoS Microdisplay Division into a separately traded public company named...

Hospitals Study Cardiovascular Fiber Optic Device CARLSBAD, Calif., March 17 -- Clinical studies are underway for a new device that researchers hope will enable some patients with cardiovascular disease to bypass heart-bypass surgery. Fifteen...

NanoOpto, Integrated Photonics Announce Collaboration SOMERSET, N.J., March 17 -- NanoOpto Corp. and Integrated Photonics Inc. announced today they are working on integrating nano-optics and nanomanufacturing with Integrated Photonics' technology to...

Hospitals Studying Cardiovascular Fiber Optic Device CARLSBAD, Calif., March 17 -- Clinical studies are underway for a new device that researchers hope will enable some patients with cardiovascular disease to bypass heart-bypass surgery. Fifteen...

Philips to Cut 1600 Jobs, Close Texas Plant AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, March 14 -- Royal Philips Electronics said Thursday it will close a semiconductor plant in San Antonio, Texas, this year as part of a restructuring that will eliminate 1600...

Space Interferometry Team Receives NASA Award PALO ALTO, Calif., March 14 -- A NASA Group Achievement Award has been presented to the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) metrology beam launcher development team, a collaboration between the...

Bodkin Design Awarded Navy Contract WELLESLEY, Mass., March 13 -- Bodkin Design & Engineering LLC has been awarded a $750,000 contract from the US Navy to develop a system capable of producing co-registered video imagery from the...

Photon Control, Husky Energy Sign Flow Meter Agreement BURNABY, British Columbia, March 13 -- Photon Control Inc., a developer of photonic sensors and controls, said it has entered a product development agreement with Husky Energy, of Calgary, Alberta,...

DRS Awarded Thermal Imaging Sensor Contracts PARSIPPANY, N.J., March 13 -- DRS Technologies Inc. announced today it has been awarded new contracts to provide AN/SAY-1 thermal imaging sensor system (TISS) spares for use on board US Navy surface...

Surfactant Curtails Nanotube Clumping

PHILADELPHIA, March 13 -- Scientists have long touted carbon nanotubes as a futuristic means of delivering drugs, fortifying brittle materials and conducting current in miniaturized circuits. But...

Teledyne Awarded $4 M Contract by Harris Corp. LOS ANGELES, March 13 -- Teledyne Technologies Inc. announced it has received a $4 million contract from Harris Corp. for the development and initial production of a family of fiber optic...

L-3 Communications Awarded Cockpit Display Contract NEW YORK, March 13 -- L-3 Communications announced that its Display Systems Div. has been awarded a $7 million contract from The Boeing Co. Integrated Defense Systems Div. to provide cockpit displays...

New Finance, Management for UK Display Firm

OXFORD, England, March 12 -- Printable Field Emitters (PFE), a developer of cold cathode field emission display technology, announced it has received a new round of venture capital finance and has...

Cornea Technology Acquires KDS Korea SEOUL, South Korea, March 12 -- Cornea Technology, the parent company of US flat-panel display manufacturer Cornea Systems, announced it has acquired KDS Korea for $60 million. Cornea Technology said...

APA Optics to Acquire Computer System Products Assets MINNEAPOLIS, March 12 -- APA Optics said it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire certain assets of Computer System Products Inc., a private company that makes standard and custom fiber optic...

Harris Corp. Team Demos 3-D Laser Radar MELBOURNE, Fla., March 12 -- LADAR technology to identify potential military targets obscured by natural and camouflage cover was recently demonstrated by the Harris Corp., working with the...

IEEE Urges Government to Accelerate Broadband WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Federal, state and local government policymakers should ensure that Ethernet networks over fiber infrastructures are fully considered and given enough opportunity to prove...

New Star Lasers Reacquires CoolTouch ROSEVILLE, Calif., March 11 -- New Star Lasers, which makes the CoolTouch laser system, announced it has completed its reacquisition of the assets of CoolTouch Corp. from ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc. As...

Zia Laser Nets $5.4 M in Funding Round ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 11 -- Zia Laser Inc., a developer of quantum dot 1310 nm and 1550 nm semiconductor laser technology, announced it has received $5.4 million in Series B equity financing from...

Bioengineering Institute Receives Telemedicine Grant WORCESTER, Mass., March 11 -- The Bioengineering Institute (BEI) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received an $800,000 grant from the US Army Medical Research and Material Command at Fort...

IR Telescope Facility Readied for Launch SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 10 -- NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) has completed integration, testing and prelaunch checkout at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale and has been...

Northrop Grumman Delivers Airborne Laser Component REDONDO BEACH, Calif., March 10 -- Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Space Technology sector has delivered the Beacon Illuminator Laser (BILL), a high-power solid-state laser and a key component of the...

Country Road Acquires Maine RLEC for $28.5 M MORRISTOWN, N.J. & WINTHROP, Maine, March 10 -- Country Road Communications LLC, a 3-year-old telecom carrier based in New Jersey, announced last week it has signed a deal to acquire Community...

Corning Expands Taiwan Glass Facility CORNING, N.Y. & TAINAN, Taiwan, March 6 -- Corning Inc. has begun to expand its liquid crystal display (LCD) glass manufacturing facility in the Tainan Science-based Industrial Park, Taiwan. A...

DARPA Awards LED-Therapy Study Grant MILWAUKEE, Wisc., March 6 -- The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the Medical College of Wisconsin $1.2 million in funding to further explore the healing properties of...

Cubic to Develop Combat Training System SAN DIEGO, March 6 -- Cubic Defense Applications, the defense segment of Cubic Corp., has received a $92 million contract to develop an instrumented land-based combat training system for the Canadian...

Bell Canada Assists With Telerobotics Surgery HAMILTON, Ontario, March 5 -- What's claimed to be the first hospital-to-hospital telerobotics-assisted operation -- performed Feb. 28 by Mehran Anvari from St. Joseph's Healthcare, in Hamilton,...

Bell Canada Network Assists With Telerobotics Surgery HAMILTON, Ontario, March 5 -- What's claimed to be the first hospital-to-hospital telerobotics-assisted operation -- performed Feb. 28 by Mehran Anvari from St. Joseph's Healthcare, in Hamilton,...

CODEON, Quantum Photonics Merge JESSUP, Md., March 5 -- Optical component companies CODEON and Quantum Photonics announced today they have completed their merger and formed a new company, Covega Corp., which has raised $17 million...

MIT Innovation Center Awards Grants CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 4 -- The MIT School of Engineering Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation (Deshpande Center) has issued its first round of 2003 grants to faculty for a variety of...

ZYGO Awarded Opto-Mechanical Assemblies Contract MIDDLEFIELD, Conn., March 4 -- Zygo Corp. has received a contract award for 94 precision optomechanical assemblies from the University of California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The...

MEMS Switch Maker OMM to Close SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 4 -- OMM Inc., a supplier of MEMS-based optical switch array modules, announced today it will cease operations effective March 7. The company said it will release all of its...

NeoPhotonics Acquires Lightwave Microsystems SAN JOSE, Calif., March 3 -- NeoPhotonics Corp., a developer of nanomaterials-based photonics technologies and products, announced today it has purchased Lightwave Microsystems Corp., of San Jose,...

DRS Awarded Army Infrared Detector Contract PARSIPPANY, N.J., March 3 -- DRS Technologies Inc. has been awarded new contracts to deliver optically improved Standard Advanced Dewar Assembly II (SADA II) units for US Army armored vehicles. SADA...

Essex Buys Sensys Development Laboratories COLUMBIA, Md., March 3 -- Essex Corp., a developer of signal processing algorithms and optical solutions for defense and intelligence applications, announced today it has acquired privately owned...

ACQUISITIONS

Raytheon Acquires Solipsys LEXINGTON, Mass., March 27 -- Raytheon Co. has completed the acquisition of Solipsys Corp., which it said strengthens its portfolio of integrated technologies used in its missile defense, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, precision engagement and homeland security strategic business areas. Solipsys, which specialize in Department of Defense data integration and display software, will...

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Photonics.com March 2003

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