For over 30 years, SCHOTT has delivered a wide range of leading-edge glass and glass-ceramic solutions for defense and security applications. SCHOTT’s optics, fiber optic, armor material and electronic packaging products are being used in the field today to keep soldiers safe and to improve their effectiveness. In addition, SCHOTT is working with military and defense industry partners to develop new products that will further improve soldiers’ ability to confront the military
challenges of the 21st century.
Custom military fiber optics
SCHOTT’s fiber optic products are enabling the defense industry to develop and produce night vision, display and other technologies that are smaller, lighter and more effective. In addition, SCHOTT’s glass research and engineering expertise enables it to develop custom-built fiber optic solutions for new types of military applications.
- Fiber optic defense industry products that SCHOTT currently supplies or is developing with its defense industry partners include:
- Image inverters for image intensifier night vision systems
- Tapers and faceplates for helmet mounted displays (HMDs), used by helicopter pilots, tank personnel and infantry
- Focal plane array components for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), allowing them to capture 120-degree field-of-view video images
- Floating display fiber optic faceplates that reduce ambient light signatures and improve handheld, vehicle and avionic display visibility
- Optically contoured fiber optic components that enable pilots to more easily view information on heads up displays (HUDs)
Standard and bespoke optics
SCHOTT offers the defense and security industry both standard and custom designed optics to meet specific defense requirements.
Using these materials, SCHOTT currently provides the defense industry with: