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Date Announced: 15 May 2013
Open Photonics, Inc., a photonics technology acceleration firm, has partnered with Lockheed Martin to research emerging photonics-related technologies and innovations. Lockheed Martin is the latest in a series of global companies that are working with Open Photonics to advance developments in this technology area. Photonics form the fundamental components that are used in many of Lockheed Martin’s electro-optic products, such as imaging missile seekers and targeting sensors.
Open Photonics introduced the novel Photonic Horizons program to offer a more effective way for companies to engage a wider group of innovators at the beginning of the product development process.
“While programs like the SBIR and university tech transfer are very effective, they can be slow and fraught with IP challenges. Our new model matches these inventors with potential customers in multiple industries, strengthening innovation pipelines for these companies and providing a framework for these companies to engage researchers in smaller companies and universities,” said Dr. Jason Eichenholz, CEO of Open Photonics, Inc. The Open Photonics program provides a mechanism to identify new technology solutions and facilitates engagement with researchers. Backed by a preeminent technical and business advisory board, the company brings emerging photonics and optical sensing technology to customers in defense, biomedical, consumer and industrial markets that need access to cost-effective and focused R&D.
About Open Photonics, Inc.
Open Photonics Inc. (OPI) accelerates early-stage product development, innovation and research and development for global clients that seek photonic based solutions as part of their strategy and product roadmap. Open Photonics manages a completely new type of open innovation and crowd-sourcing grant program, Photonic Horizons ™ , to harvest technology and new product ideas sitting dormant within garages, universities or small companies and matches them with more established companies looking to bring these ideas to market via their established processes and channels. OPI only engages clients and projects encompassing the commercialization of photonics technologies.
E-mail: info@open-photonics.com
Web Site: www.open-photonics.com
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