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2009

• FLIR Systems Inc. and Sofradir will collaborate on new dual-band military camera
• Sofradir demonstrates new infrared detector that amplifies input signals in extreme low light
• Sofradir wins contract from Galileo Avionica for Italian space mission PRISMA
• Sofradir backs a two-tone approach - Compound Semiconductor January 2009

2008

• Sofradir appoints new managing director for its subsidiary ULIS, maker of uncooled infrared detectors
• Sofradir announces GE as new shareholder for its subsidiary, Ulis
• Sofradir gives four presentations on development trends in cooled infrared technology at SPIE Defense and Security Conference

2007

• Sofradir executives to give talks on advances in infrared detectors
  at leading European imaging technology conferences
• Latest developments in MCT infrared staring arrays at Sofradir
• Development of a Long Wave Infrared Detector for SGLI instrument
• Latest development for space applications at Sofradir
• Sofradir builds a new factory to ramp HgCdTe chip production
• Raytheon awards Sofradir a multi-million dollar contract to supply second generation MCT Dewar detector cooler assemblies for U.S. Army program
• Sofradir demonstrates Janus, a new compact 1/2 TV format dual band infrared detector, at SPIE Defense and Security Symposium 2007
• Sofradir gives talks on advances in infrared detection at SPIE Defense and Security Symposium 2007
• Sofradir announces a major step forward in a EUR23 million R&D project, Imalogic

2006

• Sofradir plans new factory to mass produce third generation infrared detectors
• A worldwide supplier of electro-optic defense systems turns to Sofradir to provide space-qualified, large format IR detectors - October 2006
• European Space Agency selects Sofradir to design new visible, infrared detector for its mission to planet Mercury - June 2006
• Sofradir wins contract from a worldwide supplier of electro-optic defense systems - June 2006
• Sofradir - L'Express June 2006
• Sofradir set to woo customers with the launch of the first, mega-pixel 15 micron pitch, third-generation MCT IR detector - April 2006
• Sofradir samples new large format, long-wave QWIP infrared detector for military applications - April 2006

2005

• Sofradir on course to capture atmospheric data in the Venus Express space mission - December 2005
• Helios IIA military space satellite - June 2005
• SPIRALE - June 2005
• PLUTON - March 2005

2004

• Sensing the earth - OE Magazine October 2004
• SCORPIO - June 2004
• SCORPIO - April 2004