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DRDC Awards Obzerv to Supply Electro Optical Imaging System for Canadian Arctic Surveillance

Obzerv Technologies announces today that it has been awarded a $600k contract by DRDC-Valcartier (Defense Research and Development Canada) to supply an Electro Optical imaging system incorporating the ARGC-2400 for the Department of National Defense (DND) Technical Demonstration (TD) Project named Northern Watch.

5 Dec 2007

Highly Sophisticated Laser-Based Sensors to Study Biofuel Combustion

Let's say a fuel derived from biomass produces too much soot when it's burned in a combustion chamber designed for fossil fuels.

5 Dec 2007

Northrop Grumman LITENING AT Demonstrates Reliability with Over 765,000 Operational Hours

Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced that the LITENING Advanced Targeting (AT) has achieved more than two years of operational availability consistently above 95 percent among all U.S. customers. LITENING AT systems are currently deployed with the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command, Air National Guard, Marine Corps, Air Combat Command and coalition forces.

4 Dec 2007

U.S. Army Awards CACI Task Orders to Support Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate

CACI International Inc announced today that it has been awarded three new task orders, totaling an estimated $57.4 million in value, under its Strategic Services Sourcing (S3) contract with the U.S. Army. The awards support the Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD).

3 Dec 2007

Engineers Design Microparticles Using UV Lights

MIT engineers have used ultraviolet light to sculpt three-dimensional microparticles that could have many applications in medical diagnostics and tissue engineering. For example, they could be designed to act as probes to detect certain molecules, such as DNA, or to release drugs or nutrients.

3 Dec 2007

Cymer Shows 100W Extreme UV Burst Power

Cymer, Inc., the world's leading supplier of excimer laser light sources used in semiconductor manufacturing, announced the company reached its goal of demonstrating 100 watts of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) burst power at the 2007 International EUVL Symposium held recently in Sapporo, Japan.

3 Dec 2007

Report Highlights Optoelectronic Sensor Technologies, Competition and Potential Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Fiber Optic Sensors to its offerings.

2 Dec 2007

New Semiconductor Nanophotonics Center Opens in Berlin

German research on novel optoelectronic devices and nanostructures is reinforced by a new Center of Excellence funded by the country's National Science Foundation.

29 Nov 2007

Chalmers Integrates Receiver for High Frequency Applications

As the first research group in the world, researchers at Chalmers have succeeded in combining a receiver for high frequencies with an antenna on a small chip.

28 Nov 2007

Bruker AXS Announces Recipient of 2007 Excellence in XRD Scholarship

During the 2007 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting now taking place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Bruker AXS, a leading global provider of advanced X-ray solutions for life and advanced materials sciences, announced the recipient of its 2007 Excellence in X-ray Diffraction (XRD) scholarship -- based on unique experiments performed by university students.

28 Nov 2007

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