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DRS Technologies Announces Contract to Provide Vvehicle Vision Enhancement Systems

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it received a $19 million, five-year indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the United States Naval Surface Warfare Center, in Crane, Indiana, to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with vehicle Vision Enhancement Systems (VES). The Marine Corps will incorporate the systems onto their Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) vehicles.

17 Mar 2008

Charge Pump Drives up to Six LEDs Via Simplified Interface

Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors, has expanded its line of patented Quad-Mode(TM) fractional charge pump LED drivers with a new device optimized for portable products.

15 Mar 2008

The Worldwide Market for TFT-LCDs Will Increase 20% in 2008

The worldwide market for array processing equipment for TFT-LCDs will increase 20% in 2008 after dropping 36.5% in 2007, according to the report LCD Device, Equipment, and Materials Markets: Technology Directions and Market analysis, recently published by The Information Network, a New Tripoli, PA-based market research company.

14 Mar 2008

New Camera Significantly Increases Both Day and Night Time Image Sensitivity

Goodrich Corporation has launched a new night vision and laser detection camera that can see from the near infrared (NIR) to the shortwave infrared (SWIR) portions of the light spectrum, beyond what traditional night vision goggles can see.

13 Mar 2008

Moving Company's Portfolio of Photonic Technologies into Production and Manufacturing

Zecotek Photonics Inc. is pleased to provide a summarized update of the Company’s progress and recent corporate activities as it moves the Company's portfolio of photonic technologies into production and manufacturing.

13 Mar 2008

A Single-Crystal Semiconductor Inside an Optical Fiber

An international science team from Penn State University in the United States and the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom has developed a process for growing a single-crystal semiconductor inside the tunnel of a hollow optical fiber.

13 Mar 2008

Northrop Grumman Sells its Electro-Optical Systems

L-3 Communications announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Northrop Grumman's Electro-Optical Systems (EOS) business for $175 million in cash.

13 Mar 2008

Key to Making Next Generation Lighting Technology Commercially Viable

GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of General Electric, and GE Consumer and Industrial, today announced the successful demonstration of the world's first roll-to-roll manufactured organic light-emitting diode (OLED) lighting devices.

12 Mar 2008

Integration of Five Leading Companies in the Photonics Industry

Five leading companies in the photonics industry have been integrated under the "Gooch and Housego" brand name. Although they were all previously owned by Gooch & Housego Plc, they had operated under separate names.

11 Mar 2008

Security Applications to Benefit From Canesta's Electronic Perception Technology

Canesta, Inc, the pioneer of Electronic Perception Technology, announced today that Japan’s Optex Corporation – one of the world’s leaders in optical image sensing technology – has adopted one of Canesta’s 3D CanestaVision sensor chips for use in Optex’s new 3D image sensing technology platform.

11 Mar 2008

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