US Special Operations Command to receive updated version of holographic sights.

Oxford, UK, maker of diffractive waveguides agrees development partnerships with Compal and Wistron.

Sydney, Australia, startup says tunable wavelength-shifting approach has advantages for autonomous vehicles.

II-VI, Lumentum and IQE see valuations slide as the iPhone maker scales back sales expectations.

$25M investment will see Japanese camera giant collaborate to combine precision optics technology with Velodyne sensors.

$225M deal sees Princeton Instruments, Lumenera, and Photometrics transfer to owner of sensor firm e2v.

Venture-backed Carlsbad firm is acknowledged leader in technology wanted to alleviate data center traffic bottlenecks.

Acquisition of major supplier of components used in smart phone 3D sensor units expected to complete in spring 2019.

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) subsystem developer sold to Excelitas by private equity group Anzu Partners.

Optics giant benefits from continued semiconductor equipment boom; set to expand with new metrology facility in Detroit.

French photonics company says new share issue was five-times oversubscribed.

UK startup WaveOptics has also closed a $26M round of venture funding to support expansion into burgeoning market for augmented reality hardware.