The best of photonics innovation in industrial lasers, biomedical devices, AR-VR, and quantum.

Scotland-based company’s Kitefin system is “disrupting the ecosystem of wireless defence technologies.”

€14.5M facility in Ditzingen HQ with integrated smart factory; firm pledges 120 new training places over next three years.

The $75,000 annual award will support research in developing an effective treatment for prostate cancer.

As part of UKRI’s £170 million ($225 million) Commercialising Quantum Technologies Challenge.

Fraunhofer and Hensoldt Optronics technicians developed ‘GALA’ telescope that will map Jupiter’s moon Ganymede.

Telescope developed by Fraunhofer researchers from Jena and Freiburg to launch in February 2022.

…while EPFL’s 3D chemistry breakthrough boosts perovskite efficiency to 23.9%.

Combining advanced sensors and AI; partners include Caltech’s Sensing to Intelligence (S2I) Center.

Besides technology innovations, arrangement also covers market and supply chain development.

Leadership Group expects significant growth in photonics-related employment and economic impact.

World’s largest annual optics and photonics conference and exhibition returns to San Francisco’s Moscone Center in January.