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Northrop Grumman Lands Government Contracts
May 1, 2005 — Northrop Grumman Corp., based in Los Angeles, has been awarded a $142 million follow-on contract from the US Missile Defense Agency to supply systems, engineering, planning and logistics support for the Airborne Laser boost phase missile defense program. The high-energy, oxygen-iodine laser and beam control system -- installed in a Boeing 747 aircraft -- can detect, track and destroy ballistic missiles during boost phase. Northrop Grumman Information Technology, which is based in McLean, Va.,...
QImaging, Roper Scientific to Distribute CRI Filters
May 1, 2005 — QImaging of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, and Roper Scientific Inc. have signed an agreement with Cambridge Research and Instrumentation Inc. (CRI) of Woburn, Mass., for the exclusive worldwide distribution rights of CRI's MicroColor 2 RGB...
Satisloh Formed by Merger
May 1, 2005 — Satis Vacuum of Baar, Switzerland, and Loh Optikmaschinen AG of Wetzlar, Germany, have merged and will operate under the official name of satisloh. Based in Baar, the new company will provide integrated surfacing, coating and finishing for the...
Toptica Photonics Relocates
May 1, 2005 — Diode laser supplier Toptica Photonics AG has moved to a new 2500-sq-m building in Gräfelfing, Germany, to accommodate its growth in product development, sales volume and number of employees. The facility houses space for training and product...
UK University Secures Funding
May 1, 2005 — Two teams at the University of Southampton in the UK have received five-year research awards under the Portfolio Partnership initiative, which also is providing funding to four other UK groups. The Portfolio Partnership in Photonics, valued at $13.5...
2004 Laser Shipments Climbed 52 Percent
Apr 1, 2005 — At more than $641 million, 2004 shipments of industrial laser equipment and systems for North American exports, including the US, were up 52 percent over 2003 figures, according to the Laser Systems Product Group of the Association for Manufacturing...
Actinix to Construct Photomask Tool
Apr 1, 2005 — With a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation, Actinix of Soquel, Calif., will design and construct a high-resolution, high-precision metrology tool for 90- through 45-nm node phase-shift photomasks....
Agilent to Develop Chemical Monitor
Apr 1, 2005 — Agilent Technologies Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., has received a $930,000 Phase I grant from the US Department of Homeland Security's Advanced Research Projects Agency. One of 40 organizations to receive the award, Agilent will contribute to the...
Bookham Chooses Agent in Israel
Apr 1, 2005 — Strengthening its position in Israel's telecommunications market, Bookham Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has appointed ADM Electronics of Ra'ananna, Israel, to represent its products there. ADM will distribute Bookham's thin-film filters, erbium-doped...
CCS America Moves to Expanded Quarters
Apr 1, 2005 — To accommodate its growing business, CCS America Inc., a supplier of LED lighting technology for machine vision, has relocated its corporate offices to a larger facility in Waltham, Mass. Equipped with a full-service lighting laboratory, the...
Company Supplies Goggles to Italian Military
Apr 1, 2005 — Sensor Technology Systems Inc. of Beavercreek, Ohio, has been awarded a $15.3 million contract from the Italian Ministry of Defense to supply 900 advanced AN/PVS-21 low-profile night-vision goggles for use in counterterrorism and paramilitary...
Crylas GmbH Designates North American Agent
Apr 1, 2005 — Crylas GmbH of Berlin, a supplier of passively Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state lasers for OEM, research and life sciences applications, has appointed Market Tech Inc. of Scotts Valley, Calif., as its exclusive North American distributor. Market...
DRS Technologies Secures Army Contracts
Apr 1, 2005 — DRS Technologies Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., received $153 million in follow-on orders to support the infrared sighting systems of the US Army's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters. The company will provide spares, depot repair and field service support,...
Dynasil Acquires Optical Components Business
Apr 1, 2005 — Dynasil Corp. of America, a West Berlin, N.J., fabricator of optical blanks from synthetic fused silica, fused quartz and other optical materials for the laser, space, semiconductor and optical components industries, has purchased Optometrics LLC of...
Evident Wins Defense Award for Thin Films
Apr 1, 2005 — Evident Technologies of Troy, N.Y., has received a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the US Department of Defense to develop thermoelectric thin films using its quantum dot technology. The award is under the Office of Strategic...
Flextronics Purchases Image Sensor Company
Apr 1, 2005 — In San Jose, Calif., Flextronics Inc. has purchased Peripheral Imaging Corp., a supplier of CMOS imaging products, including contact image sensors used in high-speed monochrome and RGB color document scanning applications. The acquired company,...
Forecasts for Laser Materials and Other Markets
Apr 1, 2005 — The North American market for laser materials and components, estimated at $1.2 billion in 2004, is expected to reach $1.8 billion in 2009, with an average annual growth rate of 8.6 percent, according to a report from Business Communications Co....
Heraeus Noblelight Makes Acquisition
Apr 1, 2005 — To strengthen its position in analytical light sources, Heraeus Noblelight GmbH of Hanau, Germany, has acquired the Spectral Technologies division of IST Corp., which has operations in Horseheads, N.Y., and Cayey, Puerto Rico. IST supplies deuterium...
Koheras A/S Buys Patents
Apr 1, 2005 — OFS of Norcross, Ga., has licensed its air-clad microstructured fiber and optical fiber grating manufacturing patents to Koheras A/S of Birkerød, a subsidiary of NKT Holding A/S of Brøndby, both in Denmark. The fibers and gratings are...
Kopin Forms Joint Venture for LED Operations
Apr 1, 2005 — Kopin Corp. has created a joint venture company to conduct LED operations in Asia. Besides the Taunton, Mass., company, the principal investors are WK Technology Fund, a venture capital firm, and KTC, a III-V semiconductor manufacturer, both in...
Michigan Aerospace to Develop Software
Apr 1, 2005 — To develop image processing algorithms for 3-D sensors, Michigan Aerospace Corp. of Ann Arbor has received a $600,000, two-year contract from NASA and its Johnson Space Center in Houston, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The...
Nikon Microscopy, Metrology Units Combine
Apr 1, 2005 — Based in Melville, N.Y., Nikon Instruments Inc. has formed an industrial microscopy and metrology department to strengthen its footing in global markets. The integrated unit is expected to streamline connections between end users and design...
NuSil Adds Asian Representatives
Apr 1, 2005 — A formulator of silicone materials for the health care, aerospace, electronics and photonics industries, NuSil Technology of Carpinteria, Calif., has added four representatives in Asia to support its Lightspan photonics and low-outgassing...
OFC Focuses on FTTX, but Attendance Is Down
Apr 1, 2005 — If there was a theme to this year's Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), held in conjunction with the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) from March 6 to 11 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, it would be the widespread...
PerkinElmer Acquires LED Business
Apr 1, 2005 — PerkinElmer Inc. of Wellesley, Mass., has purchased Elcos AG of Pfaffenhofen, Germany, for $15 million in cash and the potential for earn-out payments based on the performance of the business. Elcos supplies custom LEDs for biomedical and industrial...

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