News

AOS took delivery of a new Zygo DynaFiz interferometer this month.  This new equipment expands our ability to acquire high resolution data on our advanced aspheric optics products. We look forward to sharing the results of this extended performance capability with our customers.

AOS was introduced on national television by Hall of Fame Quarterback Terry Bradshaw on “Today in America”. The segment was shown on the Fox Business Network and CNN Headline News on 3/5. Our start-up story Segment on “Today in America with Terry Bradshaw” is also now available on YouTube. See it here. This segment aired on national TV in 2011.

Aperture Optical Sciences Inc. completed delivery of a 30-inch diameter SiC Primary Mirror under a sub-contract to Trex Enterprises contract FA9451-05-C-0019. The mirror was polished in our Connecticut advanced optic fabrication facility in the spring of 2010. Click here for a full download of the news release.

Governor Dan Malloy spoke at a dinner honoring AOS and 11 other companies in Connecticut as the first recipients of the Connecticut Innovations Small Business Diversification Innovation Program. The $25,000 matching grant was made available to small business in Connecticut committed to diversifying their product base, growing their companies and creating new jobs.

Flemming Tinker Inc. / Aperture Optical Sciences Inc. selected for two NASA phase I SBIRs. The first of these will develop a modification to our computer controlled cylinder polishing machine design for conical freeforms. The second will study the control of tool wear in grinding to reduce mid-spatial content in fast aspheric optics.