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Electronics, Optics, Photonics

Two distinct sets of integrated photonic chips developed and manufactured using the AIM Photonics platform are undergoing evaluation under space conditions aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA’s Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE), marking a major step in testing how light-based technologies perform...

Following our milestone ten-year anniversary, 2025 was a year of continued innovation, engagement, and improvement experienced by the advanced manufacturing network and beyond.

Notable highlights from 2025 include:

Advanced Manufacturing Occupation and Competency Framework

In an effort to equip job seekers, employers, and trainers with the...

Events

Go to Defense Manufacturing Conference

Defense Manufacturing Conference

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Caribe Royale Orlando
Orlando, FL
United States

Go to 2026 AIM Photonics Members Meeting

2026 AIM Photonics Members Meeting

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Optica Global Headquarters
Washington, DC
United States

Go to 2026 Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)

2026 Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)

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JW Marriott & The Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes Resort
Orlando, FL
United States

External News

University of Florida
Photonics

In a groundbreaking milestone for space-enabled semiconductor research, the University of Florida, in collaboration with NASA, MIT, Vanguard Automation, AIM Photonics and Germany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, launched a suite of photonic AI chips to the International Space Station aboard JAXA’s HTV-XI spacecraft this weekend.

The mission...

AdvancedManufacturing.org
Photonics

It’s hard to imagine a world without photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology. It enables the high-speed, high-bandwidth data communications that power the internet, data centers and 5G networks we rely on every day.

Because PICs transmit data using photons instead of electrons—light versus electricity—they are efficient, reliable and fast...

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“Nose presses” is not an official metric of workforce recruiting success for the Penn State Digital Foundry on 5th Avenue in New Kensington, PA, but it is hugely symbolic in the quest to expand the manufacturing talent pipeline in communities, according to Sherri McCleary, the Executive Director of the foundry.

A nose presser is a passerby who...