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June 14, 2013
Precision Optical has been selected to manufacture several of the optics for Keck Cosmic Web Imager for the W. M. Keck Observatory telescope atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Read MoreJune 7, 2013
Precision Optical manufactures custom corner cube retroreflector with ¼ arc second average beam deviation, 1/20th arc second angles, and 1/8 wave transmitted wavefront.
Read MoreMay 31, 2013
Nick Lambert, Precision Optical’s V.P. of Engineering, visited Ensign Intermediate School on May 17 to introduce AVID seventh and eight grade students to the fields of electromagnetism, optics, and photonics.
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This month Precision Optical had a visit from long-time friend and colleague in the industry Ty Guernsey. She was accompanied by Sales Engineer and 20-year employee Mike Milbrett .
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2013
High school seniors from the Waldorf School of Orange County recently visited Precision Optical for a tour of our facility. The students are studying optics, so the visit provided them with an opportunity to see real-world applications of the scientific principles they have been introduced to in school.
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2013
The Founders’ Award is given yearly to the employee who has most exemplified the best of Precision Optical over the past year. The winner is chosen by his or her fellow employees. The winner of the 2012 Founders’ Award is Adrian Hoyle.
Read MoreJanuary 9, 2013
In December of 2011, Precision Optical was awarded the prestigious World Class Supplier Award from Northrop Grumman. Out of thousands of Northrop Grumman suppliers, Precision Optical was the only optics supplier to receive the award.
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Precision Optical has recently expanded its capabilities to include the assembly of large optical flats into metal housing assemblies. The large optical flats are manufactured in house to meet exacting surface quality, flatness, and homogeneity specifications before being assembled for our customer’s application requirements.
Read MoreJuly 20, 2012
The NOVA-ASTRON Optical-Infrared Instrumentation group in The Netherlands is a national institute that develops instrumentation on world-class optical telescopes to serve the Dutch astronomical community. Currently MATISSE (Multi-AperTure Mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment) is being built.
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