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Areté to Develop Collision Avoidance System for Marine Vehicles
Nov 1, 2003 — Areté Associates of Tucson, Ariz., in collaboration with the Office of Naval Research and the US Marine Corps, will develop an electro-optic collision avoidance system for the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle. With its ability to conduct high-speed water operations, the vehicle will expediate the transport of Marines from ship to shore. Based on Areté's streak tube imaging lidar system, the device will warn of obstacles, including shallow bottoms and submerged objects at close range. It can...
BAE Awarded Contract for Laser System
Nov 1, 2003 — BAE Systems Avionics of Basildon, UK, will design and develop the laser system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter electro-optical targeting system under a contract from Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Md. The laser will provide the system with the...
Bookham Agrees to Acquire New Focus
Nov 1, 2003 — Following the acquisition of California companies Cierra Photonics of Santa Rosa and Ignis Optics Inc. of San Jose, Bookham Technology plc has signaled its intent to extend its acquisition strategy outside the telecom arena. The Abingdon, UK-based...
Canadian Photonics Fabrication Center to Open
Nov 1, 2003 — The purpose of the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Center, scheduled to formally open in May 2004, is to expand the photonics industry by offering Canadian companies and academic institutions access to fabrication services for optoelectronic and...
Companies Form Manufacturing and Distribution Alliance
Nov 1, 2003 — NP Photonics of Tucson, Ariz., and Chromux Technologies Inc. of Oxnard, Calif., have formed a partnership in which Chromux will be the exclusive manufacturer of NP Photonics' compliant MEMS products and their distributor in China and South Korea....
Companies to Develop Thin-Disk Lasers
Nov 1, 2003 — Spectra-Physics of Mountain View, Calif., and Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH of Jena, Germany, have formed an alliance to develop and introduce thin-disk lasers that have the potential to expedite materials processing applications and to serve...
Company Ally to Provide Free-Space Optics Products in China
Nov 1, 2003 — Carrier-class optical transmission equipment provider LightPointe of San Diego will manufacture free-space optics products for the Chinese market under the Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. brand as a result of a partnership agreement between the...
Dow Corning Opens Photonics Division
Nov 1, 2003 — Dow Corning Corp. of Midland, Mich., has launched a photonics group that is expected to draw upon the company's experience in silicon-based electronics. Announced in early October, the Photonics Solutions business already offers a limited range...
DRS to Purchase Integrated Defense Technologies
Nov 1, 2003 — Under a signed agreement, defense electronics supplier Integrated Defense Technologies (IDT) Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., will merge with a wholly owned subsidiary of DRS Technologies Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., to form a midtier defense technology...
Firm Wins Contract to Develop Chiral Laser
Nov 1, 2003 — Chiral Photonics Inc. of Clifton, N.J., plans to develop and prototype chiral fiber lasers under a three-year, $2 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program. At roughly one-fifth of the cost,...
Lightcross to Merge with Arroyo Optics
Nov 1, 2003 — California-based suppliers to the telecommunications equipment industry, Arroyo Optics Inc. of Santa Monica and Lightcross Inc. of Monterey Park, have agreed to merge, forming a company to be known as Arroyo Optics. It will consist of products and...
Multiplex Offers Semiconductor Foundry Services
Nov 1, 2003 — Multiplex Inc., a manufacturer of optoelectronic components and integrated subsystems that is based in South Plainfield, N.J., now provides custom compound semiconductor foundry services. Having completed a new 10,000-sq-ft, class 1000/10,000...
Schott Lithotec to Upgrade Mask Blanks for EUV Lithography
Nov 1, 2003 — Under a one-year agreement, Schott Lithotec AG of Jena, Germany, will supply International Sematech of Austin, Texas, with mask blanks for use in extreme-UV lithography. The company will follow defined specifications for the improvements and expects...
Telops and ficonTec Form Alliance
Nov 1, 2003 — Under a partnership arrangement, ficonTec GmbH of Bremen, Germany, will provide optronic test system specialist Telops Inc. of Saint-Augustin, Quebec, Canada, with expertise in automated facet and surface inspection for diode laser bars. The...
Visualization Analysis Lab Helps Prepare NASA for Shuttle Flight
Nov 1, 2003 — An advanced visual film analysis system to help detect and repair structural problems on the space shuttle has been developed for the Kennedy Space Center in Florida by NASA, the United Space Alliance of Houston and Silicon Graphics Inc. of Mountain...
Avanex to Purchase Optical Systems Unit of Vitesse
Oct 1, 2003 — With a view to expanding its transponder line and further developing systems that integrate optics, electronics and hard- and software, Avanex Corp. of Fremont, Calif., is acquiring certain assets of the Optical Systems Div. of Vitesse Semiconductor...
EaglePicher Cedes Optical-Grade Germanium Leadership to Umicore
Oct 1, 2003 — With Belgium-based Umicore SA's purchase of key germanium assets from EaglePicher of Quapaw, Okla., the domestic makeup of the market for the strategic material has shifted. Acquired for roughly $15 million, the facility, now Umicore Optical...
Headwall Photonics Is Launched
Oct 1, 2003 — Headwall Photonics Inc. has achieved a management buyout of the spectral module and holographic diffraction grating unit of Agilent Technologies in Fitchburg, Mass. Consisting of assets and funding totaling more than $8 million, the purchase...
Montana Firm Wins S2-Chip Technology Funding
Oct 1, 2003 — To further develop S2-Chip technology for improved radar systems, Scientific Materials Corp. of Bozeman, Mont., has received a one-year contract worth $1,531,000 from the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command in Huntsville, Ala. The S2-Chip...
PI Establishes NanoInnovation Grant
Oct 1, 2003 — Polytec PI Inc. of Auburn, Mass., has announced an annual award worth $25,000 to support the work of US and Canadian graduate and postdoctoral researchers in the fields of optics, nanotechnology and biotechnology. The PI (Physik Instrumente)...
Rockwell to Supply Spectacles for Laser Protection
Oct 1, 2003 — Under a two-year, $5.9 million contract, Rockwell Scientific Co. LLC of Thousand Oaks, Calif., will supply laser-protective eyewear to the US Air Force. Designed and produced under the Aircrew Laser Eye Protection program, the eyewear is for...
Spectra-Physics Expands in China
Oct 1, 2003 — With the opening of a subsidiary in Beijing, Spectra-Physics of Mountain View, Calif., has expanded its operations in China. Spectra-Physics China will provide sales, service and support to the country's market for laser systems, photonic components...
A Tool to Finance Early-Stage Technology
Sep 1, 2003 — With fiscal 2003 funding of roughly $834 million and $45 million, the US Department of Defense's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer programs collectively form the largest source of early-stage technology...
Austrian Laser Company Opens US Office
Sep 1, 2003 — Ultrafast oscillator and amplifier supplier FemtoLasers GmbH of Vienna, Austria, has formed FemtoLasers Inc. in Harvard, Mass., to oversee its business activities and customer service in the US, Canada and Mexico. The company's technology, which...
Boeing to Provide Test Bed for High-Energy Laser Systems
Sep 1, 2003 — Boeing Co. will provide a mobile active targeting resource for integrated experiments (Matrix) test bed to enable the development of beam and fire control for high-energy laser weapons systems, under a $23 million, 48-month contract from the Air...

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