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Ams OSRAM Wraps Digital Systems Business Divestiture: Week in Brief: 04/07/23
CANBERRA, Australia, April 7, 2023 — Electro Optic Systems (EOS) secured a conditional contract to supply remote weapon systems (RWS) to Ukraine valued at up to $80 million. EOS’ Defence Systems business secured the contract with SpetsTechnoExport, a Ukrainian state-owned foreign trade enterprise to supply up to 100 of its heavy RWS to Ukraine, including spares and related services. The contract envisions supply during 2023 and 2024, subject to demonstration testing over the coming weeks and other customary terms for
EPIC Grows its Network as Globalization Supply Chains Shift
HELSINKI, April 6, 2023 — “Globalization was about profits,” said Timothy Paul Kennedy, vice president of Global Sales at Edmund Optics during the Annual Grand Meeting of the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) held in Helsinki last month. Globalization...
Optical Internetworking Forum Establishes Co-Packaging Standard
FREMONT, Calif., April 6, 2023 — The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) has established the OIF Co-Packaging 3.2T Co-Packaged Module Implementation Agreement (IA). The standard serves as the industry’s first co-packaging standard, as well as the organization’s first...
NASA Proposes Use of Lasers to Clear and Nudge Orbital Debris
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 6, 2023 — According to NASA, orbital debris is an increasingly serious issue that could impede access to space and complicate communication satellite operations, astronaut safety, and more, particularly with the advent of satellite constellation networks....
Mojo Vision Raises $22.4M to Bring Micro-LED Tech to Market
SARATOGA, Calif., April 6, 2022 — Mojo Vision, a Silicon Valley-based developer of micro-LED technology, has raised $22.4 million in a series A investment round to propel the development and commercialization of its micro-LED display technology for consumer, enterprise, and...
EPIC Adds Shahida Imani to Board: People in the News: 04/05/23
HELSINKI, April 5, 2023 — During its Annual General Meeting 2023, the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) confirmed the selection of Shahida Imani, CEO of Chromacity, to its board of directors. Imani is a chartered management accountant and has worked for a number...
Hyperspectral Tech of Fraunhofer Spinoff Aids Chip Production
DRESDEN, Germany, March 31, 2023 — Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS (Fraunhofer IWS) have established a spinoff company to commercialize a measuring system developed at the institute. Funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic...
University of Twente Opens Bioimaging Center: Week in Brief: 03/31/23
ENSCHEDE, Netherlands, March 31, 2023 — The University of Twente opened its BioImaging Centre, which serves as the core facility for microscopy at the university’s Technical Medical Centre. The facility is equipped with confocal fluorescence and Raman microscopy systems, as well as...
Leuze Names CEO: People in the News: 03/29/23
NEW HUDSON, Mich., March 29, 2023 — Sensor technology company Leuze named Xavier Hamers CEO and chairman of the executive board of the global Leuze electronic Inc., effective April 1. Hamers joins the company from BARTEC Safe.t Technology, where he served as CCO, and formerly as vice...
Startup Details Plans to Commercialize Sandia’s Ultrafast X-Ray Tech
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 29, 2023 — Sandia National Laboratories has partnered with Albuquerque, N.M.-based startup Advanced hCMOS Systems to commercialize ultrafast x-ray imaging technology invented at the labs and used extensively in fusion research. The collaboration aims to fasten...
Integrated Photonic Quantum Sensing Takes Aim at Climate Research
AUSTIN, Texas, March 28, 2023 — A NASA-funded collaboration will focus on advancing quantum sensing technology to enable new understanding of Earth and the effects of climate change. Led by the University of Texas at Austin (UT), Quantum Pathways Institute collaborators are...
iPronics Completes First Shipments of Programmable PICs
VALENCIA, Spain, March 27, 2023 — Photonic computing company iPronics said it has delivered initial shipments of its programmable photonic microchips. The company, a 2019 spinout of Universitat Politècnica de València, said it completed deliveries of the plug-and-play...
Washington Issues Multiple Award High-Energy Laser Prototype Contract: Week in Brief: 03/24/23
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Rolls-Royce North American Technologies (doing business as Liberty Works), General Atomics, Dynetics, II-VI Aerospace & Defense, Lockheed Martin Aculight Corp., nLIGHT Nutronics, and NUBURU a combined $75...
Semiconductor Leaders Deploy NVIDIA Computational Lithography
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 23, 2023 — According to NVIDIA, the computing company’s cuLitho software library for computational lithography is being integrated by leading players in the semiconductor industry. The technology serves to accelerate design and manufacturing of...
Semtech, Zebra Add to Executive Teams: People in the News: 03/22/23
NEW YORK, March 22, 2023 — The PerkinElmer Life Science & Diagnostics business acquired by New Mountain Capital named Dirk Bontridder CEO. Bontridder has more than 25 years of global management experience, including 11 years at Eurofins Scientific Services, where he was...
TRUMPF Announces Supervisory, Managing Board Changes
DITZINGEN, Germany, March 22, 2023 — Optical technology company TRUMPF is reorganizing its management bodies with changes set to take effect with the start of the new fiscal year July 1. Jürgen Hambrecht, current chairman of the supervisory board who has served in his role since...
BluGlass Secures $10.2M, Launches Entitlement Offer
SILVERWATER, NSW, Australia, March 21, 2023 — Semiconductor technology company and laser developer BluGlass has received $10.2 million in commitments from international and Australian investors via a share placement at an issue price of $0.06 per share. The company is also undertaking a...
Ford Establishes Latitude AI to Develop Automated Driving Tech
PITTSBURGH, March 20, 2023 — Ford Motor Co. has established Latitude AI, a wholly owned subsidiary focused on developing a hands-free, eyes-off-the-road automated driving system. The formation of the company comes as Ford continues making advancements to its hands-free highway...
VTT Spins Out Silicon Semiconductor Qubit Tech Company SemiQon: Week in Brief: 03/17/23
SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 17, 2023 — NTT Research Inc., a division of NTT, will double the size of its optical research facility in 2023. The expansion will accommodate the experimental needs of scientists in the company’s Physics and Informatics (PHI) Lab, NTT Research said. The...
Aalyria to Orchestrate Network for Rivada’s Planned Satellite Constellation
LIVERMORE, Calif., March 15, 2023 — Aalyria and Rivada Space Networks have entered into an agreement to use Aalyria’s Spacetime platform to orchestrate the network for Rivada’s planned low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. Aalyria — a company launched late...
White House Adds Corning CEO to Advisory Committee: People in the News: 03/15/23
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2023 — Corning CEO Wendell Weeks has been named to the U.S. Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, a committee established to provide policy advice to the U.S. trade representative. Weeks has served as CEO of Corning since 2005 and as...
SpectraWAVE Secures FDA Clearance for Intravascular Imaging Tech
BEDFORD, Mass., March 14, 2023 — Medical imaging company SpectraWAVE has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its intravascular imaging system, HyperVue. The dual modality system combines OCT and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to support...
Luminate NY Reveals Companies Selected for Sixth Cohort
ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 13, 2023 — Empire State Development (ESD) has announced the 10 companies selected to take part in round six of the Luminate NY accelerator program, investment fund, and competition. Each finalist will receive an initial investment of $100,000 and will have the...
AIM Photonics Receives Approval for $27.5M in Funding
ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 13, 2023 — The New York State Photonics board of directors approved a proposal for the allocation of $27.5 million to fund the AIM Photonics Test, Assembly, and Packaging (TAP) Facility in Rochester, N.Y. The proposal would see $23 million go toward new...
Optica Names 17 Recipients for 2023 Awards, Medals
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 13, 2023 — Optica has named the recipients of several of its 2023 awards and medals. The awards celebrate leaders in the field of photonics who are making technical, research, education, business, leadership, and service accomplishments. “On behalf of...

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