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May 1, 1999 — The US Air Force has paid $125 million for the first portion of a $3 billion contract with Boeing Co. of Seattle to research whether space-based lasers can shoot down long-range missiles. Boeing is working in collaboration with Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space of Sunnyvale, Calif., and TRW Inc. of Redondo Beach, Calif., at the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles. The initial work is slated for completion in about 18 months. Defense officials assure...
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May 1, 1999 — Findings from the Cox Report, a six-month congressional investigation into the transfers of sensitive technology to China, may have broad implications for photonics companies that export products, affecting their hiring practices, technology...
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May 1, 1999 — The US Department of Defense is soliciting applications for its Small Business Innovation Research program beginning May 1. Proposals will be accepted from July 1 to Aug. 11. The program provides more than $500 million annually to small technology...
Solid-State Laser Market to Eclipse $1 Billion in 2003
May 1, 1999 — The forecast for solid-state lasers continues to look rosy, driven by robust growth in the diode-pumped laser sector. Business Communications Co. Inc. in Norwalk, Conn., makes this prediction in its study "Solid-State Lasers: Outlook for the...
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US Government to Harmonize Laser Standards
May 1, 1999 — Laser manufacturers should be aware that the US Food and Drug Administration has proposed changing regulations on laser performance standards. The amendments would bring standards set by the Center for Devices and Radiological Health in line with...
Semiconductor Industry Shows Signs of Life
May 1, 1999 — Recent years have been bleak for the semiconductor sector, but January sales indicate the industry’s fortunes are beginning to take a turn for the better. According to figures collected by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International,...
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General Scanning and Lumonics Complete Merger
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Patent Activity Confirms Market
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Schott-CML Fiberoptics to Acquire Fostec
May 1, 1999 — Schott-CML Fiberoptics, the joint venture between SLI Inc. and Schott Corp., has signed a letter of intent to acquire Fostec Inc. in Auburn, N.Y. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1987, Fostec manufactures fiber optic components and...
Industrial Laser Shipments Decline in ’98
May 1, 1999 — Shipments of industrial laser equipment and systems for North America declined 5 percent last year, a drop-off that some attribute to the Asian economic crisis. That’s according to the latest figures compiled by the Association for...
Defense Program Spurs Development of Optical Data Storage
May 1, 1999 — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has organized an industry-university consortium to develop fast readout optical storage technology. Call/Recall Inc. in San Diego, which develops optical storage devices, will work on a high-speed,...
Survival Lessons for a Changing Industry
May 1, 1999 — A new study by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers, in Cambridge, Mass., might hold valuable lessons for photonics companies looking to survive the rapid pace of technological change. The study draws lessons from...
Fiber Amplifiers:
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Can Lasers Teach Bullets to ’Squeal’?
May 1, 1999 — Often at the scene of a shooting, investigators have little evidence to work with. The shooter usually runs away with the gun, leaving behind little more than a couple of spent shell casings. Scratches and marks on a shell casing can tie it to a...
Camera Users:
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When It’s Perfection or Nothing, Quality Leaders Turn to Photonics
May 1, 1999 — Every fuel rod that leaves the Westinghouse Commercial Nuclear Fuel Div. must perform flawlessly. For an industry in which a microscopic defect can lead to a three-week shutdown that costs $1 million per day, "good enough" simply isn’t enough....
Progressive-Scan Gives You the Big Picture, Quickly
May 1, 1999 — Global manufacturing competition and the ever-increasing requirements for improved product quality have placed greater demands on vision systems to acquire and process more visual information in shorter time periods. These demands have prompted the...
Photonics Brings the Big Screen to Life
May 1, 1999 — The market for data projectors has grown rapidly in the past few years because of dramatic performance improvements coupled with steadily decreasing unit price. For example, several products deliver high-brightness (1000 lumens), full-color, SVGA...
Photonics Makes Connections in Space
May 1, 1999 — The first round-trip space mission to Mars would to bring back rock and soil samples for laboratory study on Earth. A critical aspect of such a mission will be the automated separation of a surface lander from an orbiting mother ship, and its...
Ultrafast Lasers - Power Isn’t Everything
May 1, 1999 — Ultrafast lasers are about to enable a variety of new scientific, engineering and industrial applications. These applications range from the technical, such as high-speed circuit testing and biological imaging, to more everyday applications such as...
Coherent's Robert Gelber Retires
May 1, 1999 — After 13 years at the helm of Coherent Auburn Group, Robert M. Gelber has resigned as president to spend more time on personal activities. Gelber is also retiring as executive vice president of Coherent Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. ...
DSM Desotech Acquires Dupont's Solid Imaging Business
May 1, 1999 — DuPont has sold its Somos solid imaging business to DSM Desotech Inc., a business unit of DSM NV, headquartered in The Netherlands. DSM Desotech produces performance materials, polymers and industrial chemicals for the pharmaceutical, foodstuffs and...
Raytheon Ships $40 Million Adaptive Optics System
May 1, 1999 — An adaptive optics system designed and produced by Raytheon Optical Systems Inc. in Danbury, Conn., has arrived at the US Air Force Research Laboratory's Maui Space Surveillance Complex in Hawaii. The adaptive optics will be installed in a...
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