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ABB Acquires Real Tech; Kopin Receives $20.5M Weapon Optics Contract: Week in Brief: 1/12/24
ZÜRICH, Jan. 12, 2024 — ABB, an electrification and automation technology company, has agreed to acquire the Canadian based Real Tech, a supplier of optical sensor technology that enables real-time water monitoring and testing. Real Tech has more than 10,000 installed solutions in municipal water and wastewater along with other industries and will add to ABB’s presence in the water segment. Financial terms of the transaction that is expected to close in Q1 2024 were not disclosed. WESTBOROUGH, Mass. —
Photonics Technologies at the Fore as First James Webb Space Telescope Images Released
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12, 2022 — The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are being released today, following an initial release of a “teaser” image July 7, and a subsequent preview image released July 11 during a press conference by U.S. President Joe...
Army Demonstration Advances Directed Energy System
LAS CRUCES, N.M., May 25, 2022 — With an advancement to the U.S. Army’s Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) system, a team led by Raytheon Intelligence and Space, and by Kord, a subsidiary of KBR, defeated multiple 60-mm mortar rounds with a...
Contracts Will Deliver High-Energy Laser Weapons System to UK Forces
HARLOW, England, Sept. 21, 2021 — Next-generation laser weaponry technology is the goal of a partnership between Raytheon UK and the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD). Raytheon UK is partnering with the MOD to equip the country’s armed forces with Raytheon Technologies’ High-Energy...
DARPA Taps Teams to Develop Neuromorphic Imagers
ARLINGTON, Va., July 19, 2021 — DARPA has announced three teams of researchers led by Raytheon, BAE Systems, and Northrop Grumman to develop event-based infrared camera technologies under the Fast Event-Based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics (FENCE) system. Event-based, or...
Graphene-Based Josephson Junction Enables Single-Photon Detection
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 20, 2021 — Researchers at Raytheon BBN Technologies developed a method of single-photon detection based on a Josephson junction. The advancement, which is poised to spur development in sensor, communication, and quantum processing technology, features the...
Raytheon Delivers High-Energy Laser to US Air Force
MCKINNEY, Texas, Oct. 28, 2019 — Raytheon Co., a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government, and cybersecurity solutions, delivered the first high-energy laser counter-unmanned aerial system (UAS) to the U.S. Air Force earlier this month. The Air...
Corning Advanced Optics Unit Receives Raytheon Supplier Awards
CORNING, N.Y., Oct. 4, 2018 — The advanced optics business unit of Corning Inc. has received two 2018 Supplier Excellence EPIC awards from Raytheon. One of the awards recognizes Corning’s Keene, N.H., manufacturing facility for contributions to Raytheon’s Multi-Spectral...
EMCORE to Supply Fiber Optic Gyroscopes for Optical Targeting Systems
ALHAMBRA, Calif., Sept. 17, 2018 — EMCORE Corporation, a provider of advanced mixed-signal optics products, announced that it has been awarded a long-term contract valued at over $18 million over a 4-year period to supply high-performance fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) modules to...
Univ. of Arizona to Support Sandia, Raytheon Consortium for DoD Project
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 24, 2017 — The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), a public-private partnership that aims to advance photonics manufacturing capabilities in the U.S., have announced a team led by the University of Arizona (UA), will...
Univ. of Arizona Selected for Photonic Data Link Program
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 18, 2017 — The American Institute of Manufacturing Integrated Photonics — AIM Photonics — has announced the University of Arizona as the recipient for a new defense department government directed project for photonic integrated circuit (PIC) data...
Corning Receives Raytheon Supplier Award
CORNING, N.Y., July 4, 2017 — The specialty material advanced optics division of Corning Inc. has received a 2017 Raytheon Supplier Excellence EPIC Award. Raytheon grants EPIC awards to its highest-performing suppliers for overall excellence in performance, innovation and...
Air Force Awards Raytheon $90M Contract for Multispectral Targeting
WALTHAM, Mass., May 3, 2016 — Raytheon Co. said has been awarded a first-lot production contract by the U.S. Air Force for the AN/DAS-4 EO/IR Turret, the latest variant of its MTS multispectral targeting systems. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a first-lot production...
Space-Based Remote Sensing Yielding New Insights into Climate Change
Mar 14, 2016 — From tracking ash plumes from volcanic eruptions to measuring water vapor, multispectral imagers, IR sensors and lidar systems in space are yielding critical data leading to better forecasting models and long-term insights into global climate...
Virus-Inactivating Drone Wins Raytheon Hack Prize
TUCSON, Ariz., March 9, 2016 — Using a drone and UV light to inactivate viruses, University of Arizona (UA) graduate student Sunglin Wang and his team won the 2016 Hack Arizona’s Raytheon prize for Best Drone Related Hack. Inspired by the recent Ebola outbreak, Wang, along...
Raytheon Awarded $564M NASA Contract
WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 4, 2016 — Defense technology provider Raytheon Co. has received a $564 million contract modification award from NASA for two satellite sensors as part of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Polar...
PCO, Raytheon to Develop Sensors for Polish Military
KIELCE, Poland, Sept. 4, 2015 — PCO SA, a manufacturer of optoelectronic devices and laser systems, has partnered with the American defense contractor Raytheon to develop surveillance and sensor devices for the Polish military. Their work will focus on enhanced night vision...
Prism Award Winners Recognized at Photonics West
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 2015 — From 3-D printed optics to novel laser systems to mobile medical diagnostics and chemical sensors, nine cutting-edge products were recognized Wednesday during the Photonics West trade show with Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation. Sponsored by...
Raytheon Tests Laser-Guided Artillery Shell
PARIS, June 16, 2014 — Raytheon Co. recently test-fired its first dual-mode laser- and GPS-guided Excalibur S artillery shell. The company said the test proves the new laser spot tracker system can survive firing from a 155 mm howitzer, and that it can take over targeting...
Raytheon Awarded Third Visible IR Imager Contract
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 14, 2013 — Raytheon Co. has received a third NASA contract to develop a Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS) spacecraft. The JPSS instrument will...
Raytheon Launches Optical Tech for IED Detection
LONDON, July 16, 2013 — Raytheon UK, a subsidiary of Raytheon Co., has launched Soteria, a vehicle-mounted, standoff improvised explosive device (IED) detection system.
Raytheon Books $106M Laser-Guided Bomb Contract
TUCSON, Ariz., June 2, 2013 — Raytheon Co. has booked a $106 million contract for its laser-guided bombs Paveway II. The commercial sale is from an international customer, the defense contractor said. The contract includes kits for both 500-lb and 250-lb guided bombs. The kit...
OSA, Industry Groups Gather to Showcase Optics, Photonics
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2013 — Leaders in the optics and photonics community joined The Optical Society (OSA) last Thursday for a daylong event showcasing how optics and photonics can enable innovation, solve problems, facilitate economic growth and improve lives.
RIT, Raytheon to Develop Advanced IR Detectors
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 1, 2012 — The Rochester Institute of Technology was awarded a $1.2 million National Science Foundation award to develop, fabricate and test a new family of detectors grown on silicon wafer substrates by Raytheon Vision Systems.
Raytheon Awarded $191M for Multispectral Targeting
MCKINNEY, Texas, July 11, 2012 — Raytheon has received a $191 million contract to provide its multispectral targeting system for the US Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper.
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