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BluGlass Wins Laser Development Contract, Buys GaNWorks Foundry
NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia, Dec. 11, 2023 — BluGlass has signed a $1.8 million contract with North Carolina State University (NCSU) for laser development as part of the Commercial Leap Ahead for Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (CLAWS) Hub. This initial contract is for development work in fiscal year 2024 and supports the Microelectronics Commons program. Established by the U.S. Department of Defense, the Microelectronics Commons is a collaborative capability-building program for defense and dual-use technologies. Led by NCSU, the CLAWS
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...
Mosaic to Work with AIM Photonics; Materion Lands $5M Contract: Week in Brief: 11/3/23
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 3, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Defense awarded microelectronics glass packaging technology developer Mosaic Microsystems a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract that will enable Mosaic to develop ultrathin glass interposers with through-glass...
Critical Tech, Policy Priorities at the Fore of Second SPIE Summit
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 2, 2023 — Policymakers and appointed officials outlined many of the U.S. government’s foremost priorities in science and technology, joining with leaders from the photonics sector in Washington, D.C., last week for the second SPIE Photonics Industry...
Monroe CC Awarded $5M by DOD; ASMPT AMICRA, Teramount Collaborate on Silicon Photonics Packaging: Week in Brief: 09/29/23
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 29, 2023 — Monroe Community College received a $5.1 million grant from the Department of Defense’s Manufacturing Engineering Education Program (MEEP) to fund its optics and photonics associate degree programs. The funding is part of $53 million recently...
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)...
Ams OSRAM Wraps Digital Systems Business Divestiture: Week in Brief: 04/07/23
CANBERRA, Australia, April 7, 2023 — Electro Optic Systems (EOS) secured a conditional contract to supply remote weapon systems (RWS) to Ukraine valued at up to $80 million. EOS’ Defence Systems business secured the contract with SpetsTechnoExport, a Ukrainian state-owned foreign...
TRUMPF Strengthens Industrial Software Position: Week in Brief: 07/22/22
JENA, Germany, July 22, 2022 — Carl Zeiss Meditec and Precise Bio, a regenerative medicine company focused on bio-printed tissues and organs, entered a partnership to develop and commercialize fabricated corneal tissue for transplants in patients that require endothelial...
Naval Research Laboratory to License its Photonic Component Library
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 11, 2022 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) executed a trade secret license to a silicon-nitride-based photonic component library to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY), the administrator of AIM Photonics. By working...
AmeriCOM Secures First College Partner for Precision Optics Consortium
NEWTON, N.J., Aug. 26, 2021 — Sussex County Community College (SCCC) in New Jersey is the first college to partner with the American Center for Optics Manufacturing (AmeriCOM), under AmeriCOM’s Department of Defense-funded, five-year, $34 million Defense Precision Optics...
Department of Defense Selects AmeriCOM as Partner in Optics Consortium
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 23, 2021 — The American Center for Optics Manufacturing (AmeriCOM) has been selected for a five-year, $34 million grant from the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Office of Industrial Policy program to launch a nationwide public-private Defense Precision...
FLIR Awarded $48.1M for Sensor Upgrade
WILSONVILLE, Ore., April 15, 2019 — In an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense valued at $48.1 million, FLIR Systems Inc. will be the lead integrator in the modernization of the U.S. Army’s Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBCRV) system. Under the...
Clemson Researchers Seek Improved Beam Quality for High-Power Industrial Diode Lasers
ANDERSON, S.C., July 31, 2017 — The military already has a few lasers in their arsenal they’ve been testing to shoot down drones and incoming missiles. Now, the Department of Defense has employed the help of two Clemson University researchers to help build and design a...
Clemson Receives Funding from DoD for Laser Weaponry Research
CLEMSON, S.C., June 13, 2017 — Two researchers at Clemson University are taking different but complementary approaches to creating a high-energy laser that could be used as a weapon. The engineers are receiving a combined $3.2 million from the Department of Defense to help fund...
Block MEMS Wins IED Detection Contract
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Jan. 4, 2013 — Block MEMS LLC has received a multimillion-dollar contract from the US Army to adapt its LaserScan spectrometer to finding improvised explosive devices from a distance.
Company Certified as DoD Supplier
Jul 1, 2012 — Zephyr Photonics of Zephyr Cove, Nev., has received accreditation as a Category 1A Trusted Source by the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA), the highest designation awarded by the US Department of Defense (DoD). The certification recognizes...
Zephyr Photonics Certified as DoD Supplier
ZEPHYR COVE, Nev., May 18, 2012 — The national defense products developer received accreditation as a Category 1A Trusted Source by the Defense Microelectronics Activity, the highest designation awarded by the Department of Defense.
SiOnyx Wins $3M Contract
Jan 1, 2012 — SiOnyx Inc., maker of a patented material known as black silicon, will develop technologies for sensing laser light in targeting systems under a new $3 million multiphase contract with the US Department of Defense. Based in Beverly, Mass., SiOnyx...
SiOnyx Wins $3M Contract for Focal Plane Arrays
BEVERLY, Mass., Nov. 11, 2011 — SiOnyx Inc., maker of a patented material known as black silicon, will develop sensing technologies for detecting laser light in targeting systems under a new $3 million multiphase Department of Defense contract. The Harvard University spinout...
Army Tests Wrist-Mounted PHOLED Displays
EWING, N.J., Oct. 20, 2010 — Universal Display Corp. has delivered eight wrist-mounted phosphorescent OLED (PHOLED) displays built on thin flexible metal foil to the US Army Communication Electronics Research and Development Engineering Center (CERDEC) and to Project...
Lockheed Fiber Laser Nabs $14M Contract
BOTHELL, Wash., Sept. 20, 2010 — The US Army awarded Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin a $14 million contract to design, develop, build and test a high-power fiber laser-based system suitable for military applications. The Army Space and Missile Defense Command contract...
Sydor to Supply Picatinny Arsenal
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 1, 2010 — The US Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions and Lethality Contracting Center have selected diagnostics solutions provider Sydor Instruments to receive a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) in support of the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. ...
Cambrios Awarded DoD Contract for PV Cells
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 13, 2010 — Cambrios Technologies Corp. announced that it has been awarded a Department of Defense contract to produce lightweight, flexible solar energy photovoltaics (PV). The contract represents the company’s first public announcement regarding...
$38.7M Awarded to Universities for Equipment
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2010 — The Department of Defense (DoD) announced its plan to award $38.7 million to academic institutions to support the purchase of research instrumentation. The 166 awards to 96 academic institutions are being made under the Defense University...
Crystal IS Wins Grant to Develop Large AIN Single Crystals
Dec 3, 2008 — Crystal IS Inc., a Green Island, N.Y.-based manufacturer of ultraviolet LEDs (UV-LEDs) based on aluminum nitride (AlN) substrate technology, announced it will receive an $800,000 appropriation from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to advance...
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