EU Invests €15M to Help Companies Supercharge Their Products with Light. Building on successes to date, a new PhotonHub framework has been launched to fund photonics innovation projects until December 2028 through a pan-European network of partners which includes HiLASE Centre. […]
From April 23 to 25, 2025, the Czech Optical Cluster took part in the prestigious OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Exhibition (OPIE 2025) held in Yokohama, Japan. This international event is the largest specialized exhibition of optics and photonics in Japan and annually connects cutting-edge research with industrial innovation. The exhibition [...]
Meopta, a Czech manufacturer of precision optics, will provide the entire production and testing of the complete UTAAS system, SAABs’ unique fire control technology for CV90 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for the armies of the Slovakia, Czech Republic, Sweden and Denmark. […]
On April 15, 2025, the OPTICS AND SPACE workshop took place at the Technology Centre Prague. Its goal was to connect representatives of the Czech optical industry with the space technology ecosystem. This collaboration aimed to provide information on opportunities for innovation, technology transfer, and the potential for cooperation within [...]
Czech Optical Cluster to Participate in the LabIR Edu Conference: STEM Education with Thermal Camera in Olomouc On Friday, April 11, 2025, the Czech Optical Cluster will participate in the LabIR Edu: STEM Education with Thermal Camera conference, which will take place at the Pevnost poznání (Fortress of Knowledge) in [...]
On 2nd April 2025, breakthrough technological proposals in space transportation were celebrated at ESA’s FIRST! Awards Ceremony in Paris, attended by the CEO for Space, Ing. Petr Suchánek. The submitted proposal was on the topic of Engine Electrification, Sensors and Intelligence. […]
The meeting took place at the BIOCEV centre in Vestec, where the LasApp project was first introduced by Pavel Peterka from the Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the CAS (ÚFE) who is the main coordinator of the project. […]
Strengthening Czech-Polish Photonics Cooperation! 📅 March 26–27, 2025 📍 Wrocław University of Science and Technology Congress Centre, building D-20 Following the success of our Ostrava workshop, we’re teaming up again with PPTF - Polish Technological Platform on Photonics for an exciting event in Wrocław! Program: Polish-Czech Photonics 2025_program On March [...]
On April 15, 2025, starting at 10:00 AM, a workshop titled Optics and Space will take place in Prague. When: Tuesday, April 15, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Where: Prague Technology Center, Ve Struhách 1076/27, 160 00 Prague 6 (Vltava Conference Room) The goal of the workshop is [...]
In the Czech Republic, EVPÚ Defence a.s. specializes in the development, production and service of electro-optical systems for security and defence applications, focusing on the creation of modular solutions that can be maximally adapted to the specific requirements of the customer and the specific tasks to be performed by the [...]