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News - photonics

  • Defence Notes

    Acquisition brings ECA Group and iXblue under one roof

    30th September 2022

    Groupe Gorgé says the combination of ECA Group and iXblue will create a ‘high-tech industrial champion’ for naval robotics and navigation systems.

  • Digital Battlespace

    Hyperspectral payloads will enhance ISR

    12th May 2021

    A constellation of six LEO satellites should support the intelligence-gathering requirements of joint forces conducting multi-domain operations around the world.

  • Naval Warfare

    Japan goes to top of class with new submarine

    20th October 2020

    A new generation of Japanese attack submarines is on its way, building on the current Soryu-class design.

  • Defence Notes

    Academic researchers support DARPA chip-scale integrated photonics programme

    17th September 2020

    The Research Foundation for the State University of New York is joining the DARPA-run Lasers for Universal Microscale Optical Systems (LUMOS) programme under a $19.21 …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Raptor develops passive digital night vision system

    5th August 2020

    Raptor Photonics has launched a new passive digital short-wave infrared (SWIR) night vision system called Owl 640 N. The compact and low-power system was developed for …

  • Naval Warfare

    L3 KEO wins photonics mast contract

    6th July 2020

    L3 KEO has been awarded a contract to develop and test EO sensor technology for USN submarines. The deal for the L3 Harris subsidiary is …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Raptor launches VIS-SWIR camera for integration with EO systems

    3rd July 2020

    Northern Ireland-based Raptor Photonics has launched a low-power (8W) version of its Owl 1280 visible shortwave infrared (VIS-SWIR) camera with high-definition serial digital interface (HD-SDI) …

  • Digital Battlespace

    SA Photonics awarded Blackjack payload contract

    10th June 2020

    SA Photonics on 9 June was awarded a $16.36 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Blackjack Track A (payload) Phases 2 and 3 programmes. The contracting …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Elta to support Future Sensing programme

    26th February 2020

    Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI’s) Elta Systems has teamed up with the international accelerator MassChallenge office in Israel to offer an acceleration programme for Future Sensing …

  • Land Warfare

    MAPS in US Army rodeo exercise

    6th March 2019

    Lockheed Martin and partners supported the US Army integration of three countermeasures and a cueing sensor into the Modular Active Protection System (MAPS) framework for …

  • Land Warfare

    Qioptiq opens warehouse to support armed forces

    22nd May 2018

    Qioptiq has opened a new £3.7 million ($4.2 million) warehouse facility in St Asaph, North Wales to support the armed forces, the UK MoD announced …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    FLAIR project targets toxic gas detection

    18th December 2017

    A European project is developing a UAS that uses photonics to detect toxic gases in the atmosphere following events such as wildfires, chemical explosions and …

  • Digital Battlespace

    LGS Innovations, Persistent Systems partner up

    18th December 2017

    LGS Innovations has partnered with Persistent Systems to incorporate Persistent's Wave Relay mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) technology into LGS's portfolio of C4ISR, electronic warfare …

  • Digital Battlespace

    LGS awarded DARPA TUNA contract

    14th September 2015

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $1.9 million contract to LGS Innovations for work on its Tactical Undersea Network Architectures (TUNA) …

  • Digital Battlespace

    L-3 KEO photonics masts for Virginia SSNs

    28th May 2015

    L-3 KEO, the electro-optics business of L-3 Communications, has won a contract to develop the new version of its photonics mast for US Virginia-class submarines, …

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Sea: optronic masts and periscopes

    AN/BVS-1 Photonics Mast Programme

    The AN/BVS-1 is the sensor mast system for USN Virginia-class attack submarines, the first of which entered service in 2004. It is the first class ...