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Photonics Strengthens Defense – and Offense

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Hank Hogan, Contributing Editor, [email protected]

Light-based technologies offer the military significant advantages in sensing, communications and even weaponry. The US Army has touted its ownership of the night – and the implied advantage therein. But times have changed. “Nowadays, that’s not so much so because there’s a vast proliferation of night-vision technologies throughout the world,” said Gregory J. Quarles, chairman of the public policy committee of The Optical Society. The 2012 report Harnessing Light for America’s Technological Future from the National Research Council outlines...Read full article

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