Our client had taken on a contract to produce a new type of navigational lighting for marine applications. Initial testing of their design indicated that it did not satisfy US Coast Guard brightness and angular visibility requirements. Optikos engineers worked with the client to identify … [Read more...]

Our defense client is a high volume manufacturer of defense electro-optical systems and wanted to develop a flexible test station that would provide an automated capability to test a variety of guidance systems with a broad range of performance requirements and a very unique physical … [Read more...]

  Our client brought a prototype anamorphic lens to our facility that did not satisfy its MTF specification. They had been to numerous optical facilities across the country and had been unable to improve its performance. Optikos reviewed the system requirements and the details of the … [Read more...]

Our defense client produced Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) infrared optical systems that required in-situ testing of the assemblies. This requirement called for delivery of an interferometric test beam into the large focal plane pod-mounted or fixture-mounted electro-optical … [Read more...]

Our client was awarded a contract to build 100+ LWIR optic modules, but did not have experience with the alignment and testing of optical assemblies. They subcontracted Optikos to assemble, align, and test the LWIR optic modules. Optikos reviewed the documentation package and determined that the … [Read more...]

Our client had sourced a lens that satisfied its written specification, but it did not result in satisfactory imaging, and they were unable to identify what was the source of the problem or describe to their supplier how the lens needed to be improved. Optikos reviewed the system requirements and … [Read more...]