UK technology company, Advanced Material Development (AMD), has been awarded a contract to develop protective films to be integrated into protective eyewear.
The contract with the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD, formerly CTTSO) will fund AMD’s development of laser filtering coatings, based on AMD’s nanomaterial and photonic crystal technologies.
AMD develop unique multi-frequency layered meta-material films and coatings, based on photonic crystal superlattices and nanomaterials. These materials provide a low-cost, tuneable solution that filters specific wavelengths of light whilst retaining transparency across the remaining spectrum.
Applications include protective eyewear, electro-optic protection for cameras and anti-laser dazzle coatings for commercial aircraft.
John Lee, CEO of AMD, says, “It is another very exciting step for AMD to receive an even greater level of interest from the US Department of Defense. Interest from the US DOD continues to demonstrate AMD’s ability to deliver innovative solutions to the growing challenges of today”.
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