Contract Optical Design & Manufacturing
Profile
The Contract Optical Design & Manufacturing group within the Systems and Services business area of Adaptive Optics Associates develops and manufactures optical systems for several application areas including aerospace, communications, defense, astronomy, industrial scanning systems, and metrology. The full services provided by the Contract Optical Design & Manufacturing group include concept development, design, prototype fabrication, test and evaluation, and small-, medium-, or large-volume manufacturing.
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Value Proposition
With design and manufacturing support from AOA’s Contract Optical Design & Manufacturing group, its partner clients can concentrate on their core competencies and outsource specialized functions, thus allowing them to minimize their staff and facility requirements. In addition, we can simplify your project management tasks while shortening your time to market and reducing project risk. With contract design and manufacturing from AOA, our customers can:
- Focus on their core capabilities
- Minimize staffing and facilities
- Simplify project management
- Speed time to market
- Reduce risk
Areas of Specialization
AOA’s Contract Optical Design & Manufacturing group specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of:
- High performance electro-optical and opto-mechanical systems
- Adaptive optics systems
- Ultra-high bandwidth signal processors
- Wavefront sensors
- Custom circuit boards
- Laser beam conditioning, pointing, and tracking systems
- Laser beam delivery systems
- High frame rate cameras
- High performance imaging systems
Engineering and Manufacturing Facilities
AOA’s Contract Optical Design & Manufacturing group’s facilities are in Cambridge, Massachusetts and East Hartford, Connecticut. Its flagship facility is a custom constructed, 76,000 square foot facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It houses AOA’s Contract Optical Design and Manufacturing group’s engineering development team and includes 10,000 square feet of Class 10,000 clean room space plus an additional 10,000 square feet of industrial production space. In addition to this space there are clean tent systems with laminar flow through HEPA filters. These tents provide 3,500 square feet of Class 1000 workspace. Within the tents, are laminar flow benches which provide Class 100 workspace.
Engineering Capabilities
The following is a summary of AOA’s Contract Optical Design & Manufacturing group’s distinguishing characteristics and capabilities.
- Clean room facilities
- Fully equipped machine shop
- Hardware and software design tools
- Hardware and software manufacturing tools
- Management of classified programs and maintenance of secure facilities