Safran Collaborates with India Optel Limited & Infleqtion: Week in Brief: 12/26/25

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 26, 2025 — Vuzix, a supplier of AI-powered smart glasses, announced the continuation of its multi-year development collaboration with Collins Aerospace, an RTX business. The collaboration has resulted in the production approval and delivery of waveguide-based AR display systems for deployment across multiple U.S. defense programs. Under this development program, Vuzix has already completed the design and development of a waveguide-based display engine for a Collins Aerospace next-generation wearable display system, initially aimed at supporting dismounted soldier operations and drone control. This is a significant step in Vuzix supporting U.S.-based defense manufacturing and establishing Vuzix as a key enabler and component of Collins Aerospace's advanced vision systems.

MIAOLI COUNTY, Taiwan — Micro-LED technology provider PlayNitride acquired Lumiode, a New York-based semiconductor technology startup, for $2 million. PlayNitride's own capital will finance the transaction. Upon completion, Lumiode will become a wholly owned subsidiary of PlayNitride. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals, approval of offer by PlayNitride's board, satisfaction of all conditions precedent.

India Optel Limited chairman and managing director, Tushar Tripathi, second from left, with head of the Defense Global Business Unit for Safran Electronics and Defense Alexandre Ziegler, second from right, during the signing of an agreement in the presence of secretary of defense production Sanjeev Kumar, center, in New Delhi. Courtesy of Delhi Press Information Bureau.

NEW DELHI — As part of India’s Make-in-India program, India Optel Limited (IOL), signed a collaboration agreement with Safran Electronics & Defense (Safran) for the transfer of production of two high-precision, combat-proven systems, paving the way for their local manufacturing. The systems are the SIGMA 30N digital ring laser gyro inertial navigation system, used in artillery guns, air defense systems, missiles, and radars, and the CM3-MR Direct Firing Sight, designed for artillery guns and anti-drone systems. Under the partnership, IOL will be responsible for manufacturing, final assembly, testing, quality control, and full life-cycle support, ensuring the systems meet the operational needs of the Indian Army. Additionally, Safran announced a collaboration with Infleqtion, a neutral-atom-based quantum technology company, to develop and deploy precision timing solutions for critical infrastructure worldwide. As part of the collaboration, the companies have jointly validated a next-generation timing bundle that integrates Infleqtion’s Tiqker quantum optical clock with Safran’s White Rabbit and SecureSync systems. According to the companies, the combined solution demonstrates unprecedented stability and resilience in GPS-challenged and GPS-denied environments.

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FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. — BD, a medical technology company, collaborated with the Institute for Immunology and Immune Health (I3H) at the University of Pennsylvania, to advance research in deep human immune profiling and support the development of immune-mediated therapies. The collaboration includes developing and validating a high-parameter flow cytometry panel that can capture key functional pathways in whole blood, including phosphorylation markers, which provide powerful insight into how single cells respond to drugs or disease states. The panel will support a planned 1000-patient immune profiling study, in partnership with the Penn Colton Center for Autoimmunity, expected to start in the summer of 2026.

BERGISCH GLADBACH, Germany — RI Research Instruments, a physics and medical research instruments company, has received orders for key components and enabling subsystems for the research gamma ray source of the Extreme Light Infrastructure, Nuclear Physics at the Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering in Romania. The total value of these ELI contracts is approximately €35 million (~$41 million), with major deliveries expected in late 2026. In the first phase of the project, RI will expand an existing particle accelerator and supply the components to guide and focus both the electron and laser beams into the collision point, where they can produce gamma rays. For the second phase, RI will upgrade the existing Linac, a linear accelerator, increasing the pulse rate by a factor of 200×. The contracts include an optical resonator amplifying the laser beam by more than a factor of 900×.

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