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Universal Display Nabs $750K Contract
Jul 2, 2009 — Phosphorescent organic LED (PHOLED) provider Universal Display Corp. of Ewing, N.J., has been awarded a $750,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a nonglass, ejection-safe, flexible OLED display prototype for prospective use by pilots in tactical cockpit settings. Combined with military display systems from L-3 Comunications and backplane technology from LG Display, the PHOLED display prototype will be energy...
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ORLANDO, Fla., March 25, 2009 – Although the world economy appears bleak, SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing 2009 will offer attendees access to more than 500 exhibiting companies, 2100 technical presentations and 57 professional development courses and workshops, all in one...
Security Takes Center Stage
ORLANDO, Fla., March 25, 2009 -- SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing 2009, considered the number-one show for infrared (IR) imaging, optics and sensors and the largest international unclassified defense-related symposium, will offer attendees access to more than 500 exhibiting...
Fiber Helps Track Santa
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., Dec. 23, 2008 -- Fighter jets, satellites, radar systems and a high-speed fiber optic network will be used by to track Santa this year bv personnel at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Tracks Santa operations center at Peterson Air Force Base in...
Murder-Suicide at Lockheed
ARCHBALD, Pa., Dec. 16, 2008 -- A contract security guard at Lockheed Martin's Archbald facility fatally shot an employee Tuesday morning and then killed himself, the company said. "The incident took place at approximately 9:30 a.m. Eastern time and is believed to involve a...
US Patent Awarded to Dr. Geoff Andersen
Sep 29, 2008 — Dr. Geoff Andersen, a laser physicist at the United States Air Force Academy’s Laser and Optics Center in Colorado, has been awarded a US patent for his development of a holographic image corrector. Dr. Andersen devised a type of microscope that...
Harris to Supply Raptor Fiber
MELBOURNE, Fla., Aug. 21, 2007 -- Harris Corp. has received a five-year, $30 million follow-on contract from Lockheed Martin to supply high-speed fiber optic network components for production lots 7, 8 and 9 of the US Air Force F-22A Raptor aircraft program. The award brings the...
’Pilot’ Laser Study Launched
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2007 -- The US Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration have launched a study of reactions of pilots exposed to lasers, United Press International (UPI) reported today. The article city "an uneasy growth" in the incidents of lasers shown at the...
Luna Innovations Awarded $4M in Nanotech Contracts
ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 22, 2007 -- Luna Innovations Inc., a developer of molecular technology and sensing solutions, has been awarded $4 million in US Air Force contracts for continued research and development of nanotechnology-enabled products, the company announced today. The...
Agilent Wins German Contract for Oscilloscopes
Dec 5, 2006 — Agilent Technologies Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., announced it won a bid to supply the German Federal Armed Forces with more than 1500 digital storage oscilloscopes (DSOs). The bid amount was not disclosed. The Agilent 6000 series oscilloscopes will...
Cyberlux Awarded Air Force Contract to Adapt Lighting Systems
Sep 28, 2006 — Cyberlux Corp., a provider of LED lighting solutions based in Research Triangle Park, NC, has been selected to adapt two commercial-off-the-shelf lighting systems into a new high-performance solid-state LED lighting system for the US Air Force Air...
US Air Force Selects Ball Aerospace as Prime Contractor for LEOSS
Sep 15, 2006 — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colo., announced it has been selected as prime contractor for phase A of the Lightweight Electro-Optical Space Sensor (LEOSS) program by the US Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force...
Optikos Gets $3.4M for Optical Focus Verification System
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 14, 2006 -- Optikos Corp., a maker of optical image quality metrology equipment, announced that it has been awarded a $3.4 million contract from ITT Systems Inc. of Colorado Springs, Colo., to produce an optical focus verification system (OFVS) for...
Harris Gets $41 NSA Contract for Cryptographic Device
Mar 29, 2006 — MELBOURNE, Fla., March 29, 2006 -- Harris Corp. announced yesterday that it has been awarded a five-year, $41.6 million contract by the National Security Agency (NSA) to supply its cryptographic communications device to the US federal government and...
Air Force Lab Builds Coating Facility
Feb 6, 2006 — KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Feb. 6, 2006 -- Construction on a new mirror-coating facility is nearing completion at the Air Force Research Laboratory, enabling researchers to produce more durable, efficient mirrors for high-energy lasers....
Lockheed to Lead Air Force Network
Feb 6, 2006 — SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 6, 2006 -- Lockheed Martin was awarded a $2 billion contract to lead the development of an advanced Air Force network that will provide "a new level of high-bandwidth, secure, global communications to transform the speed of...
Elop Wins $50M Korean Contract
Dec 19, 2005 — HAIFA, Israel, Dec. 19 -- Electro-Optics Industries Ltd. (Elop) has been selected by the Korean Air Force to supply real-time electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) long-range oblique imagery systems for its F-16 aircraft. The contract, which according to...
News Briefs
Oct 27, 2005 — Candela Corp. of Wayland, Mass., a maker of aesthetic laser systems, announced that the SFDA (State Food and Drug Administration) of China has approved Candela's hair removal GentleYAG and GentleLASE laser systems for sale throughout the People's...
MTC Awarded Up to $8.8M for DoD Communications
Oct 25, 2005 — DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 25 -- Government contractor MTC Technologies Inc., a provider of systems engineering, information technology, intelligence and program management services, announced that the Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization...
Schafer Awarded Defense Contract
Oct 5, 2005 — KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Oct. 5 -- Defense and biotechnology research and development company Schafer Corp., based in Chelmsford, Mass., was recently awarded a $17 million contract by the US Air Force to help develop the Department of...
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Sep 22, 2005 — Bedford, Mass.-based Spire Corp., a supplier of photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing equipment and production lines worldwide, has contracted with Unison Co. Ltd. of Chonan-City, Korea, to provide an advanced PV module production line. Spire has...
TSC Demos Laser Propulsion System for Air Force
Mar 11, 2004 — LOS ANGELES, March 11 -- Technology Service Corp. (TSC) announced it has completed the first demonstration of its coded optical power system (COPS) at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles. This technology allows power to be...
TSC Demos Laser Propulsion Demonstration for Air Force
Mar 1, 2004 — LOS ANGELES, March 11 -- Technology Service Corp. (TSC) announced it has completed the first demonstration of its coded optical power system (COPS) at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles. This technology allows power to be...
Air Force Engineers Mix Laser Fuel
Jan 22, 2004 — KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Jan. 22 -- Airborne-laser (ABL) engineers have successfully prepared and assessed a 1200-gallon batch of chemicals that help make up the delicately balanced formula necessary to create a laser beam capable of...
Lab Achieves Mirror Technology Milestone
Aug 19, 2003 — KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., August 19 -- A milestone in telescope mirror technology achieved by Air Force scientists here recently is leading to large, lightweight, space-based telescopes many times larger than NASA's Hubble Space Telescope....
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