LightPath Technologies completes $750,000 SBIR Phase II contract from the US Navy
LightPath Technologies, Inc., a global manufacturer, distributor and integrator of patented optical components and assemblies, announced today that the Company has completed a $750,000 Phase II SBIR contract award from the US Navy, under the direction of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), for developing molding capabilities for infrared lenses using chalcogenide glass.
The completion of the SBIR has created a platform for LightPath to develop large diameter molded infrared aspheric lenses. LightPath currently sells molded infrared lenses and thermal imaging assemblies as part of the larger thermal imaging, thermography and gas sensing markets. These expanding markets have a combined estimated value of over $2.5 Billion.
LightPath CEO Jim Gaynor commented, "LightPath has enjoyed collaborating with the US Navy and US Air Force to develop new technologies for molding infrared lenses. Completion of this SBIR contract has enabled LightPath to not only bring low cost, molded infrared optics to the defense market, but also bring to market high volume infrared lenses for commercial OEM applications. The completion of this SBIR contract significantly increases LightPath's potential market share in the infrared optics markets by enabling LightPath to produce molded lenses that are larger in diameter that previously possible."
Source: LightPath
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