Février 2020

The latest camera from First Light Imaging company, the low-noise fast C-RED3 camera, made the headlines of the Laser Focus World magazine this month for its applications for free space optical communications (FSO). This major highlight was trigered by a noteworthy presentation of FLI founder and GRD member Jean-Luc GACH at the SPIE Photonics. Congrats to the team for this achievement !
The WFIRST project just passed the Agency Program Management Council (APMC) review last week : this was the last Key Decision Point of the evaluation process before entering into Phase C. The WFIRST project has now a formal commitment from NASA to proceed with a firm technical baseline, implementation plan, budget profile, and launch date (2025).
On LAM side, we will host a WFIRST CGI/OAP meeting on the 18-19th of March with the JPL team, to launch the fabrication phase of all the Off-Axis Parabolas for the Coronagraphic instrument. We are also entering in Phase C for this part of the project.