ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., 20 May 2013. U.S. government researchers from a variety of agencies will brief industry in August on their new business opportunities for the coming year. Briefings will be 19-21 Aug. at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town in Albuquerque, N.M.

PORTLAND, Ore., 18 May 2013. U.S. Coast Guard officials sought a forward-looking infrared (FLIR), electro-optical sensor system for its fleet of Sikorsky H-60 Jayhawk and Eurocopter H-65 Dolphin rotorcraft, which have already been modernized with upgraded avionics suites from Rockwell Collins and other industry firms.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 16 May 2013. U.S. Army helicopter avionics experts needed a multi-sensor payload for the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter. They found their solution from FLIR Systems Inc. in Wilsonville, Ore.

At first glance, the demonstration of the Area Defense Anti-Munitions (ADAM) ground-based laser weapon by Lockheed Martin might sound like just another big aerospace company jumping into high-power solid-state laser systems to defend against rocket, artillery, and mortar attacks.

Patuxent River, MD--Two engineers at the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Linda Mullen and Alan Laux, have invented a method to encode a laser with a radar signal to improve the performance of underwater imaging systems in murky water.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 8 May 2013. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. in Poway, Calif., won a $110.3 U.S. Army modification Tuesday to maintain and repair the Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle medium altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operating in Afghanistan.

IGNY, France, 7 May 2013. HGH Infrared Systems, a global provider of 360-degree thermal imaging systems, has unveiled its Spynel-S high-resolution system for wide-area surveillance. 

ARLINGTON, Va., 7 May 2013. Electro-optical sensor experts at LGS Innovations LLC in Florham Park, N.J., are joining a U.S. military research program to develop laser detector array and laser transmitter technologies for multiple-modality, diverse-waveform laser radar (lidar) systems.

Boulder, CO--NIST researchers have transferred ultraprecise time signals through open air by bouncing eye-safe laser pulses off a mirror on a hillside.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 6 May 2013. Navigation and guidance experts at Argon ST Inc. in Fairfax, Va., are building on previous company research to develop a prototype sensor fusion system for land, sea, and airborne applications that can accept inputs from several kinds of navigation sensors so that warfighters can maintain navigation capability with or without Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation.

MASON, Ohio, 5 May 2013. L-3 Cincinnati Electronics in Mason, Ohio, is introducing the NightWarrior µCam 640 mid-wave infrared (MWIR) imaging system for small electro-optical payloads, thermal weapon sights, handheld systems, remote weapon stations, and tactical unmanned vehicle sensor systems.

BALTIMORE, 2 May 2013. Tiny size, light weight, and low power consumption -- all with unmanned vehicles in mind -- were common themes this week at the SPIE Defense Security + Sensing conference and trade show in Baltimore, as a wide variety of sensor integrators rolled out products for the newest generations of unmanned and soldier-worn technology.

Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) propose spending $11.6 billion in federal fiscal year 2014 for procurement and research in military communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence (CET&I) technologies.

Internationally, many efforts are underway to support innovation and growth in photonics-which in turn promises to help society in so many fundamental ways.

The proposed U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) budget for fiscal year 2013 would cut military procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) spending by 11.3 percent over this year's request, according to DOD budget documents.

FORT BELVOIR, Va., 1 May 2013. The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) at Fort Belvoir, Va., is looking to Energy Research Co. (ERCo) of Plainfield, N.J., for the company's laser technology to detect explosives from standoff ranges.

Murrieta and Tustin, CA--II-VI Incorporated subsidiaries Exotic Electro-Optics and LightWorks Optics have merged operations, forming the new company LightWorks Optical Systems.

Orlando, FL--Open Photonics has partnered with Fortune 500 Company Lockheed Martin to research and potentially develop emerging photonics-related technologies and innovations.

ARLINGTON, Va., 30 April 2013. U.S. government researchers are asking industry for ideas on providing digital technology to infantry squads to enhance the ability of these small warfighter groups to enhance situational awareness, networked communications, and data sharing. An infantry squad is part of a platoon, and involves nine to 13 warfighters.