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U.K. MoD, Qioptiq, Work To Protect Against White Light Dazzle

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, February 27th, 2014

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U.K. MoD, Qioptiq, Work To Protect Against White Light Dazzle

An optically addressable light valve blocking the light from 3 lasers Photo: Dstl

The U.K. Ministry of Defense and Excelitas Technologies’ Qioptiq are working together to protect against the dazzle caused by white light sources such as sunlight, headlights, and lasers. Traditional laser protection techniques do not block out this type of white light and can leave operators, pilots and drivers vulnerable to the blinding effect of broadband radiation, MoD said in a Feb. 27 statement. The MoD’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) signed a license agreement with global photonics company Qioptiq…

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