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Intevac Photonics Wins US Navy Contract for Night Vision Sensor

Intevac Photonics, a subsidiary of Intevac, Inc., announced that it had won a contract worth $9.6 million from the US Navy Naval Air Warfare Center. The IDIQ or Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract covers ongoing performance improvements of Intevac's proprietary four mega-pixel digital night vision sensor (ISIE 4000) for various Navy aircraft platforms.

From Intevac, Inc. 31 Jul 2011

Intevac Awards IDIQ NAVAIR Contract for Enhancements in Digital Night Vision Sensors

The US Navy Naval Air Warfare Center has awarded a $9.6M indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to Intevac Photonics, which is a subsidiary of Intevac.

30 Jul 2011

Banner Engineering Unveils New Version of TM18 Photoelectric Sensor

Banner Engineering is launching the new TM18 EZ-BEAM photoelectric sensor, which can be used in heavy duty environments. This device provides nickel plated, zinc metal housing along with fully epoxy encapsulated electronics.

From Banner Engineering Corp. 29 Jul 2011

RaytekMI3 IR Temperature Sensors Exhibit Profibus and Modbus Compatibility

Raytek(r), a company which provides infrared thermometry has added new network communication options to improve their MI3 Series of IR temperature measurement sensors.

28 Jul 2011

Opsens Secures Fiber Optic Pressure Sensor Order for SAGD Oil Sands Project

Opsens has secured its second largest order for the OPP-W, which is a fiber optic sensor system, to instrument 21 wells at the SAGD oil sands project.

28 Jul 2011

Plan to Protect Treasures at Hindu Temple with Sophisticated Sensor System

At the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu in Thiruvananthapuram in the Indian state of Kerela there is a high level of security being considered. Police have sent a report to the state government outlining all measures that could be taken to improve security at the shrine which holds national treasures in its cellars.

27 Jul 2011

NeoPhotonics Launches First 40G Transceiver Module

NeoPhotonics, a manufacturer of PIC or photonic integrated circuit based modules has proclaimed that samples were available for their first 40G transceiver module for high speed Ethernet client side applications.

27 Jul 2011

Boeing F-A-18E-F Infra-Red Search and Track System Moves on to Next Development Phase

The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Infrared Search and Track (IRST) System is to move to the next phase of development, which is the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase, as it has acquired a Milestone B Acquisition Decision Memorandum from the US Navy on the 13th July,2011.

From Boeing 26 Jul 2011

Acculogic Introduces LaserScan for Non-Contact Distance Measurement

Acculogic has launched the new LaserScanTM for its range of Scorpion Flying Probe Systems. This innovative device has been developed for measuring remotely the precise distance to any particular object.

26 Jul 2011

Google Acquires Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition Co.

Google is known for innovation and astute acquisitions and now it seems to be on to the next big thing by acquiring the Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition company. Known in trade circles as the PittPatt, it is a company which develops technology for face recognition in pictures and video.

25 Jul 2011