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ams OSRAM Sells Traxon Technologies: Week in Brief: 05/20/22
PREMSTAETTEN, Austria, May 20, 2022 — Optical technology company ams OSRAM reached an agreement to sell its Traxon Technologies business to Prosperity Group, a privately owned lighting company based in Hong Kong. The transaction is part of ams OSRAM’s strategy to divest businesses that are not related to its core technology areas in illumination, visualization, and sensing, and the company will also continue to focus on the high-technology semiconductor business. Traxon is headquartered in Hong Kong and operates two major
Navy Tests High-Energy Laser with Advanced Detection Capabilities
ARLINGTON, Va., April 21, 2022 — The U.S. Navy has tested a laser weapon designed to serve as a multidomain, multiplatform demonstration system. The Navy said that the system, developed by Lockheed Martin and called the Layered Laser Defense (LLD), can counter unmanned aerial...
Photonic Correlator Processes Radio-Frequency Signals, Outperforms Digital Methods
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 31, 2022 — A team at the University of Grenoble Alpes-CNRS has created a radio-frequency (RF) correlator, based on a photonic platform, that is suitable for analog wideband RF signal processing and that enables the real-time calculation of RF signal...
Spectroscopy Takes the Long View on Threat Detection
Mar 1, 2022 — When the Perseverance rover landed in Mars’ Jezero crater on Feb. 18, 2021, it represented not only a leap in the search for life on the red planet but also in the identification of deadly chemicals on Earth. Mounted to the rover’s...
People in the News: 01/19/22
Jan 19, 2022 — THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Teledyne Technologies named JihFen Lei executive vice president of Teledyne FLIR Defense. Lei will also continue to serve as general manager of surveillance, reporting to Edwin Roks, executive vice president of Teledyne...
Quantum Cascade Lasers Shift from an Emerging to an Enabling Technology
Jan 5, 2022 — Since the unveiling of the quantum cascade laser (QCL) at Bell Labs in 1994, the technology has evolved — from being simply a cutting-edge field in photonics research to being commercially available in the form of packaged lasers, QCL-powered...
First Marine Corps Jet to Undergo Laser Peening Is Ready for Service
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C., Jan. 5, 2022 — The U.S. Navy aviation repair and maintenance facility Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) in Havelock, N.C., has completed the successful verification of the laser shock peening (LSP) process, following the induction of the first F-35B Lightning II...
Intevac Sells Photonics Business to EOTECH
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 3, 2022 — Intevac, a supplier of thin-film processing systems, has sold its photonics business unit to privately held, optical technology company EOTECH LLC. The sale is valued at up to $100 million, consisting of an upfront cash payment of $70 million....
Navy Opens Directed Energy Lab
NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY, Calif., Dec. 20, 2021 — The U.S. Navy has opened its Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (DESIL) at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu. The 18,500-sq-ft facility will enable the Navy to test and evaluate laser weapons systems in a maritime environment, taking...
LightPath Inks Tech Transfer Agreement with US Naval Research Lab
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 6, 2021 — LightPath Technologies has secured exclusive license for the U.S. Naval Research Labs (NRL) infrared patent portfolio. The optical usage license will enable the Orlando, Fla.-based engineered solutions provider and optical and infrared components...
InTest Expands Automation Capabilities with Videology Acquisition
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Oct. 29, 2021 — Test and manufacturing solutions supplier inTest Corp. has acquired Videology Imaging Solutions Inc. and Videology Imaging Solutions Europe BV in a $12 million deal. InTest adds Videology’s OEM digital streaming and image capturing solutions...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 10/29/21
Oct 29, 2021 — SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. — Block MEMS was awarded a $2.6 million contract in support of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to detect vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs). The program...
Boeing and GA-EMS to Partner on Development of Directed Energy Prototype
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27, 2021 — A team from General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing has been awarded a U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) contract to develop a 300-kW-class solid-state distributed-gain high-energy laser weapon...
AIM Photonics Awarded $321M from Air Force, SUNY
ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 25, 2021 — AIM Photonics has signed a seven-year agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Research Foundation of the State University of New York. The agreement includes support totaling more than $321 million. The funding includes $165...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 10/15/21
Oct 15, 2021 — MENLO PARK, Calif. — Deepcell, a life science company focused on AI-powered cell classification, will collaborate with the Levesque Lab at the University of Zurich to identify and sort rare melanoma cells, profile melanoma tissues to gain a...
Laser Process Prints Defect-free Custom Alloy Parts
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 6, 2021 — A study from a Texas A&M University research team could make it easier to print uniform, defect-free parts using the laser bed powder fusion 3D-printing technique with metal alloys. The researchers systematically investigated the effects of...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 10/1/21
Oct 1, 2021 — ALBANY, N.Y. — AIM Photonics certified Synopsys Inc.’s IC Validator solution for the physical verification signoff of PICs. Synopsys, an electronic design automation company that focuses on silicon design and verification, said that its...
UCF Team Awarded $4.5M for Non-GPS Location Research
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 30, 2021 — The U.S. Army Research Laboratory awarded the University of Central Florida (UCF) $4.5 million in grant funding to develop a computer vision-based navigation system for use when GPS is unavailable or jammed. The system will act as a cyber copilot...
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...
People in the News: 7/21/21
Jul 21, 2021 — SAN JOSE, Calif. — NeoPhotonics appointed Sheri Savage to its board of directors. NeoPhotonics develops silicon photonics and advanced hybrid photonic integrated circuit-based lasers, modules, and subsystems for bandwidth-intensive, high-speed...
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...
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...
AI Agreement Will Spur Advances in Robotics, Sensing, and Beyond
ADELPHI, Md., June 17, 2021 — A five-year agreement between the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD); the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC, as a partner); and the U.S. Army Research Lab (ARL) will help scientists and engineers from multiple disciplines...
Camera System Combines Wide Field of View with High-Res Capture
TOKYO, May 21, 2021 — A hybrid camera system built by researchers at Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) combines wide-angle target monitoring with high-resolution image capture. The system detects indistinct target regions during omnidirectional viewing, and then...
US Army to Incorporate Li-Fi Technology
EDINBURGH, Scotland, April 29, 2021 — LiFi technology company pureLiFi entered into a $4.2 million agreement with the U.S. Army Europe and Africa to supply its secure optical wireless communication system Kitefin. The system uses LiFi, an alternative to radio technologies such as WiFi,...
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