A round-up of this week's coronavirus-related news and countermeasures from the photonics industry.

Surveillance vehicles equipped with twin infrared imagers and laser rangefinder account for a major chunk of the latest award.

US Navy has recently demonstrated above 60kW output power based on multiple kilowatt fiber lasers.

optics.org samples a selection of photonics-based innovations presented this week.

Tech giant’s driver assistance systems subsidiary looks to adopt chip-scale FMCW alternative by 2025.

21 recipients represent achievements across wide range of light-based sciences and key advances made with these technologies.

LZH research concludes with laser system mounted on arm of lunar vehicle test-bed.

Karl Storz platform allows clinicians to switch viewing modes to suit surgical needs.

Maker of silicon photonics components believes it is now worth more than the $2.6BN agreed by the two firms in 2019.

“Noise-cancelling” principle adapted by team from Max Planck Institute, Imperial College London, and UK's NPL.

Rochester team says new diagnostic platform could be a valuable clinical tool for detecting exposure to multiple viruses.

Researchers in Japan achieve breakthrough with new combination of emitter molecules.