WASHINGTON, D.C., April 17, 2024 — Defense technology company Shield AI has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sentient Vision Systems. The Australia-based developer of AI-enabled real-time situational awareness previously introduced a visual detection and ranging (vidar)-enabled wide area motion imagery solution, called “Sentient Observer,” which Shield AI plans to fly this year. Sentient’s vidar system, uses an electro-optic or infrared sensor to detect and classify targets in the imagery stream that would be...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 16, 2024 — Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc., a provider of optics for defense and aerospace OEMs, has made changes to its executive team to support strategic growth initiatives, including potential inorganic growth. The company appointed current chair Al Kapoor...

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, March 26, 2024 — An updated roadmap developed by PhotonDelta and MIT’s Microphotonics Center envelopes insights from more than 400 organizations to provide a clear path forward for the global integrated photonics industry. The roadmap was launched today during the...

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 15, 2024 — Many technologies — from communications, to radar and sensing, to positioning and navigation — rely on low-noise microwave signals for precise timing and synchronization. Advances in these technologies intensify the demand for stable,...

NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia, Feb. 20, 2024 — Semiconductor technology company BluGlass Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Tucson, Arizona-based directed energy and laser technology company Applied Energetics. Per the agreement, the companies will collaborate on...

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...

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 20, 2023 — Digital reality solutions company Hexagon has entered into an agreement to sell its Tesa PMI (Precision Measurement Instruments) business to Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Company Ltd. The divestment is in line with Hexagon’s strategy to focus...

FALLS CHURCH, Va., Dec. 13, 2023 — BAE Systems has received an approximately $35 million award from the U.S. Department of Commerce to modernize its Microelectronics Center (MEC) in Nashua, N.H. The award is the first funding announcement as part of the CHIPS and Science Act, which...

TIANJIN, China, Dec. 5, 2023 — Using a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) as the light-sensing element, researchers from Tianjin University demonstrated non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging at two infrared (IR) wavelengths, 1560 nm and 1997 nm. NLOS systems...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 17, 2023 — US Capital Global has entered into a term sheet to provide credit facilities totaling a minimum of $100 million to Laser Light Companies, a global networking platform designer and builder. The financing will help Laser Light accelerate the beginning...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 17, 2023 — Syntec Optics has received two major contracts — announced less than one week apart — for objectives for night-vision scopes and for ultraprecision biomedical optics. The awards follow Syntec’s merger with special-purpose...

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 14, 2023 — BlueHalo, a provider of ground-based systems for situational awareness, communications, command and control, and warfare operations, will develop a high-energy laser (HEL) directed-energy weapon (DEW) prototype, integrated onboard the U.S. Marine...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Nov. 9, 2023 — The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) debuted its semiconductor laser indoor propagation range (SLIPR) at Kirkland Air Force Base in New Mexico. The range, which consists of a 3500-sq-ft high-bay propagation lab, will enable future laser...

ANDOVER, Mass., Nov. 7, 2023 — Mercury Systems Inc. entered into an agreement with the U.S. Navy to develop manufacturing capabilities that would allow commercial photonic chiplets to accelerate edge processing in defense applications. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense...

DITZINGEN, Germany, Oct. 26, 2023 — Airbus Helicopters will use 3D printers from TRUMPF to manufacture components for its helicopters, as well as for aircraft from the parent company Airbus, as the aerospace company expands its additive manufacturing capabilities with a new...

MONTREAL, Oct. 11, 2023 — Microsoft and photogrammetry software developer SimActive have partnered to demonstrate a cloud solution for real-time data processing, analysis, and decision-making for global defense and intelligence. Per the agreement, the companies will use...

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...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Sept. 26, 2023 — Sentient Vision Systems, a developer of passive modular optical sensors, has completed live demonstrations of its AI-enabled ViDAR (visual detection and ranging) payload deployed on unmanned aerial systems (UAS) provided by Edge Autonomy. The...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 12, 2023 — Lidar security solutions provider Quanergy and Teledyne FLIR have partnered to develop an integrated solution that addresses security challenges facing critical infrastructure environments. The collaborators will fuse Quanergy’s Q-Track 3D...

MONTREAL, Sept. 9, 2023 — Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) has awarded advanced vision systems provider Immervision a $5.7 million contract from for the design and development of panoramic imaging components and systems. Immervision’s technology offerings...

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, Sept. 8, 2023 — Tower Semiconductor and data center optics company InnoLight Technology will develop multigeneration high-speed optical transceivers based on Tower’s silicon photonics process platform. The partnership is expected to enable cutting-edge...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 6, 2023 — Mark Sobey, president of Coherent’s lasers segment, has retired. Sobey held the position since July 2022, when II-VI merged with Coherent. Before the merger, Sobey served as Coherent’s COO from 2020 to 2022. From 2010 to 2016, he was...

WESTMINSTER, Colo., Aug. 17, 2023 — Ball Corp. has reached an agreement to sell its aerospace business to BAE Systems for $5.6 billion in cash. BAE Systems is a provider of high-tech solutions for defense markets, including imaging, sensors, and optical displays, among others. Ball...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 8, 2023 — Heat-Assisted Detection and Ranging (HADAR), a patent-pending thermal imaging technology from Purdue University, combines infrared (IR) imaging, machine learning, and thermal physics to visualize target objects in the dark as if it were broad...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., July 27, 2023 — The capability to detect and track small, moving objects remotely, in all conditions, is crucial to many surveillance and monitoring missions. It is also an ongoing challenge. According to Tian Ma, a computer scientist at Sandia National...