Editorial

Defense industry continues to invest in electro-optics
Electro-optic, optical, and optoelectronic components are an important part of military and aerospace platforms and systems, and are essential to controlling the battlefields of tomorrow, which is why governments are investing more and more in these technologies each year.

News

DRS Technologies to provide lightweight electro-optical/infrared sensors for Army FCS UAVs
Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Electronic Systems sector, California Microwave Systems unit, located in Belcamp, Md., awarded DRS Technologies in Parsippany, N.J., a new $7 million contract to produce lightweight electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems for the U.S. Army’s Future Combat System (FCS) program Class I Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

Nufern adds 25-micron-core-diameter fibers to its family of products
Nufern in East Granby, Conn., announced the expansion of its ytterbium-doped double-clad-fiber product line.

Forecast International projects $35 billion airborne and space-based electro-optical market
Analysts at Forecast International in Newtown, Conn., project that countries worldwide will spend more than $35 billion on 33 different airborne and space-based electro-optical (EO) programs over the next 10 years.

Lockheed Martin instrument to monitor solar eruptions on latest NASA Sun mission
The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUVI) instrument designed and built at the Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory of the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto, Calif., will return stereo images of the Sun’s corona as part of NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO).

AMI Semiconductor and FLIR Systems announce agreement
AMI Semiconductor in Pocatello, Idaho, and FLIR Systems in Portland, Ore., announced an agreement for high-volume manufacturing of uncooled microbolometer infrared detectors.

U.S. Air Force awards General Dynamics contract for Alternative Infrared Satellite System
General Dynamics in Fairfax, Va., was awarded a $23.3 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles to support research and development efforts on the Alternative Infrared Satellite System (AIRSS) program. Under this contract, General Dynamics will perform system requirements reviews, system design reviews and solution refinements to define alternatives to the Space Based Infrared High (SBIRS-High) GEO-3 satellite program.

OIDA reports strengthening of optoelectronic markets
The Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) in Washington released its annual “Global Optoelectronics Industry Market Report and Forecast.

BAE Systems to provide precise threat ID to U.S. Army
BAE Systems has received a U.S. Army contract for a new generation of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems that will provide precise detection and identification of known and potential threats

Cassini camera sees into the eye of a storm on Saturn
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has seen something never before seen on another planet-a hurricane-like storm at Saturn’s south pole with a well-developed eye, ringed by towering clouds.

Features

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