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LightPath Technologies
LightPath Technologies is an Orlando-based maker of optics and imaging systems: infrared and visible lenses, optical assemblies and infrared cameras, including its own BlackDiamond chalcogenide glass made under an exclusive license from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.
LightPath Technologies is an Orlando-based maker of optics and imaging systems: infrared and visible lenses, optical assemblies and infrared cameras, including its own BlackDiamond chalcogenide glass made under an exclusive license from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.
It is on the map as part of a photonics expansion: its infrared optics and cameras go into defense, counter-drone and commercial sensing systems. AI is not a material driver of its business, and its FY2026 results release does not mention data centers or AI.
Sells optical components, assemblies, infrared cameras and engineering services to defense contractors and commercial customers.
United States (Orlando, Florida)
Space and next-generation infrastructure. Launch providers, satellite builders and operators, ground networks and the first attempts at running computing in orbit. Most of these companies have no AI business today; they are on this map because of what they carry, connect or build for the companies that do. Open the space lens.
Connections (2)
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Dated or announced (1)
Source: 2023-12-11 · reviewed 2026-10-02
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; phase-one development order (2023)
Limits: A 2023 development and prototype order; does not establish that later phases or production orders followed, delivery, or the current status of the program.
LightPath Technologies press release (via ACCESS Newswire): LightPath Announces Initial $4.7m Order from Lockheed Martin ↗Comparisons (1)
Source: 2026-09-10 · reviewed 2026-10-02
Evidence: Analytical comparison · Product/market overlap
Limits: Editorial comparison; the cited LightPath release does not name Coherent, the companies differ greatly in scale, and Coherent's AI-related business (datacom transceivers) does not overlap with LightPath. The cited source describes only LightPath's products; the overlap with Coherent is an editorial comparison not stated in the source.
LightPath Technologies press release (via Yahoo Finance / ACCESS Newswire): Fiscal 2026 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results ↗LightPath Technologies Reports Fiscal 2026 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results ↗
Reviewed
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