!%Armstrong Optical Ltd.%! announced it will represent the Infrared Optics Group of Ophir Optronics Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Newport Inc., for the sales of its thermal imaging lens systems and optical imaging components. The agreement, which is effective immediately, covers the UK and Ireland. Ophir Optronics anticipates it will help the company to penetrate the defense and security market in the UK, which it previously served through catalog houses or by itself from its offices in Jerusalem and Heerbrug, Switzerland. The Infrared Optics Group manufactures and supplies optical lens assemblies for mid- and long-wave infrared, cooled and uncooled thermal imaging cameras, and infrared optical components and build-to-print elements and subassemblies for the defense, security and commercial thermal imaging sectors. Armstrong Optical supplies systems for measurement, optical components, optomechanical assemblies, thermal imaging and thermography cameras, optical test instruments and complete lens systems for all wavebands. For more information, visit: www.armstrongoptical.co.uk