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Infinera Completes Acquisition of Coriant
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 1, 2018 — Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, announced it has closed on its acquisition of Coriant, a privately held global supplier of open network solutions for the largest global network operators. The acquisition positions Infinera as one of the largest vertically integrated optical network equipment providers in the world. The closing was pursuant to the terms of the definitive unit purchase agreement previously announced by Infinera on July 23, 2018. In connection with the...
UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment Places Order for Optical Surfaces Lenses
KENLEY, England, Oct. 1, 2018 — Optical component and systems developer Optical Surfaces Ltd. has received an order from the U.K. Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) for 12 ultrafast focusing, 370-mm diameter aspheric lenses for its Orion petawatt laser research facility. The work...
Rice, Baylor, TFA Collaborate for Drone Air Monitoring
HOUSTON, Oct. 1, 2018 — Rice University researchers, in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine and technology nonprofit Technology For All (TFA), are developing a fleet of autonomous aerial drones that coordinate with each other to detect, track, and model the...
EPIC, COBO Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Technology Roadmaps
ROME, Oct. 1, 2018 — The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) and the Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO) have signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperative activities involving industry endorsement of standards and technology roadmaps. The partnership...
FLIR Awarded US FAA Contract to Support Mobile Surveillance
WILSONVILLE, Ore., Oct. 1, 2018 — FLIR Systems Inc. has announced it has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Federal Aviation Administration Logistics Center (FAALC) in support of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Mobile...
Qrypt Licenses Cybersecurity Technology From DOE’s Oak Ridge
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sept. 28, 2018 — Qrypt Inc. has exclusively licensed a novel cybersecurity technology from the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), promising a stronger defense against cyberattacks, including those posed by quantum computing. Qrypt will...
UTEP, Aconity3D Partner for 3D Printing Operations
EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 28, 2018 — The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will serve as the North American base of operations for Aconity3D, a producer of 3D printing equipment, under a new agreement announced by the two organizations. Aconity3D, based in Herzogenrath, Germany,...
AmeriCOM Symposium Kicks Off in Rochester
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 27, 2018 — Adele Ratcliff, Director of the Manufacturing Resiliency & Assurance office and the Industrial Base Analysis & Sustainment Program (IBAS) within the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base...
Optimax Expands Facility
ONTARIO, N.Y., Sept. 27, 2018 — Optimax, the largest prototype high precision optics manufacturer in the United States, broke ground on a 60,000 sq. ft. expansion. The expansion doubles the size of the current facility located in Ontario, NY and adds 59+ jobs over the next five...
ISS Experiment Payload Gleans 10K Images of Earth’s Coastal Areas
HOUSTON, Sept. 27, 2018 — During a five-year run aboard the International Space Station, the HICO and RAIDS Experiment Payload (HREP-HICO) created 10,000 valuable images of Earth’s coastal areas by combining two experimental sensors. The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal...
Samara National Research University Granted UAV Patent
SAMARA, Russia, Sept. 27, 2018 — The drone is independent of navigation systems such as GPS and GLONASS. Full autonomy of the UAV system is provided by the built-in alternative navigation block based on the principles of optical navigation. With support points set beforehand along...
Berlin, Jena Researchers Collaborate on Laser Technology Project
BERLIN, Sept. 26, 2018 — Research institutes from Berlin and Jena, Germany, are pooling their laser technology expertise for the Mittlerer-Infrarot-Laser für die Hochenergie-Klasse High Energy Class Mid-Infrared Lasers (BMBF HECMIR) project. The project is coordinated by...
FLIR Announces Investment in CVEDIA
WILSONVILLE, Ore., Sept. 26, 2018 — Sensor developer FLIR Systems Inc. has invested in CVEDIA Pte. Ltd., a developer of machine learning applications that enable sensor systems with A.I. The strategic investment by FLIR in CVEDIA will create opportunities for the companies to...
NUS Team Enables Solar-Powered Drone Flight
SINGAPORE, Sept. 25, 2018 — A team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has achieved a major step forward in stretching the capabilities of quadcopter drones by powering the flight solely by natural sunlight. A first in Asia, the current prototype has flown >10 m in...
Sino-semic Chooses OIPT Etch Systems for Manufacturing Facility
BRISTOL, England, Sept. 25, 2018 — Optoelectronics supplier Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) has announced that Sino-semic has selected OIPT’s Cobra plasma etch systems for its manufacturing facilities in Taizhou City, China. Sino-semic, the first all-Chinese developer and...
STCC Awarded $1.15M From National Science Foundation
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Sept. 25, 2018 — The National Science Foundation has awarded two separate grants to Springfield Technical Community College to enhance education in cutting-edge internet technology and advanced photonics. The college received $599,388 to develop “The Internet of...
Hong Kong PolyU to Collaborate on Mars Launch with China Academy of Space Technology
HONG KONG, Sept. 24, 2018 — The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) will collaborate with the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) to develop and produce a camera on the spacecraft to Mars scheduled for launch in 2020. The two parties signed the Collaborative Research...
D-Wave Systems Publishes Quantum Computer Study
BURNABY, British Columbia, Sept. 24, 2018 — Quantum computing systems developer D-Wave Systems Inc. has published a study demonstrating a topological phase transition using its 2048-qubit annealing quantum computer. This complex quantum simulation of materials is a major step toward reducing...
In Memoriam: Charles Kao, 'Father of Fiber Optics,' Dies at 84
HONG KONG, Sept. 24, 2018 — Charles Kuen Kao, a Chinese electrical engineer who was called the "father of fiber optics" for his critical role in laying the groundwork for high-speed data communications, died in Hong Kong on Sunday. He was 84. In recognition of his 1960s...
RPMC, LDX Renew Distribution Agreement
O’FALLON, Mo., Sept. 21, 2018 — Solid-state laser provider RPMC Lasers Inc. has renewed its distribution agreement with LDX Optronix. “I am very pleased with the performance of RPMC Lasers,” said Jeff Morris, president of LDX Optronics. “Their thorough knowledge...
Vieworks Using Framos IP Core for Machine Vision
ANYANG, Korea, Sept. 21, 2018 — X-ray medical imaging device developer Vieworks Co. Ltd. has built upon the FRAMOS IP Core to connect Sony sensors to Xilinx field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for the machine vision market in Asia. Vieworks serves doctors, health professionals,...
Lumileds Awarded Product Innovation Award
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 20, 2018 — Lighting solutions provider Lumileds BV has been awarded a 2018 Product Innovation Award (PIA) from Architectural SSL magazine for its line of integrated light guides under the Matrix Platform Advanced Technologies. The ultra-thin plates soften...
RIT Awarded $422K Grant for Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 20, 2018 — Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology will use photonic integrated circuit technology to improve the processing speed and energy consumption of brain-inspired computing technique through a $422,733 grant from the National Science...
In Memoriam: Arnaud Darmont, EMVA Standards Manager
BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 19, 2018 — The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) Board of Directors has announced the sudden and unexpected death of Arnaud Darmont who died on Sept. 12, 2018 after a tragic accident at the White Sands National Monument in N.M. “With the death...
Baycrest Brain Imaging Project Joins International Partners
TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2018 — The Virtual Brain (TVB), an open-source modelling platform that captures intricate details of the brain's structure and function through the collection of imaging data, has joined a European research enterprise to advance neuroscience, medicine, and...

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