Trusted space industry partner Knight Optical challenges organisations at Bremen’s Space Tech Expo 2024 to bring the company their most difficult and diverse photonics challenges to resolve

Knight Optical, a trusted partner to the space industry, has appeared for the first time at Space Tech Expo 2024, showcasing its range of photonic products and its ability to create bespoke solutions to the industry’s most challenging optical problems, from managing optical payloads to meeting the precise requirements of specification and testing. The company works with customers around the world to harness the power of photonics for their projects, no matter how diverse, difficult or ambitious.

Knight Optical has a wealth of experience in working closely with customers to meet their exact specifications. Applications of optics in the space, aerospace and defence sectors range from LiDAR, satellite laser ranging, earth observation, windows for wind tunnel ground testing to beamsplitters, lenses and mirrors for use in telescopes, communications systems and space agency orbiters. 

An extensive and competitive portfolio of quality precision optical components, sub-assemblies, and mechanics, high-volume manufacturing capabilities, and a state-of-the-art metrology laboratory is combined with an experienced and expert team who creatively engineer bespoke solutions when organisations can’t find what they need. These were on display at Space Tech Expo in Bremen, Germany (19-21 November), with Knight Optical’s knowledge about the space industry and the array of solutions on show drawing visitors to Stand X04. The booth featured lenses, windows, mirrors, prisms, filters, beamsplitters, domes and coatings, in materials ranging from zerodur, aluminium and germanium, to silicon, sapphire and optical glass.

Danielle Williams, Knight Optical Technical Sales Account Manager, says, “No project is too big, small, strange or tricky for us. Our brand promise is bringing quality into focus in everything we do and we challenge you to bring us your most demanding requests. We care about getting your specifications right and solving problems for our customers.

“Our proactive attitude and high quality products have won us praise from companies and organisations around the globe. With a comprehensive and competitive solution portfolio, many problems can be solved from our existing range, but 95% of what we do is custom. We bring our experience of delivering to specifications and providing the necessary testing, quality and certification data. Our team works with R&D teams, supply chain managers, research students and university leadership teams throughout a project to craft best-in-class solutions that can meet any challenge, no matter how weird and wonderful it is.”

Headquartered in the UK and with offices in the US, Knight Optical is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torrent Photonics. In addition to manufacturing custom products to specific requirements, the

company can bring its photonic expertise and perseverance to any stage of the design process, from specification, prototyping and manufacturing to quality and testing.

About Knight Optical

Knight Optical is a UK-based, UKAS ISO9001:2015 and UKAS ISO14001:2015 accredited company serving a diverse customer base in scientific, medical, pharmaceutical, optoelectronics, laser, R&D, oil and gas and industrial sectors. Knight Optical has sales offices in Kent, UK, and Rhode Island, USA. Learn more at www.knightoptical.com.