1921 Was an Amazing Year at Meller Optics
Meller Optics was established as Adolf Meller Company in 1921 located in Providence, Rhode Island to serve the jewelry industry, manufacturing hard crystalline materials such as ruby…
1937 – Larger Facility
Adolf Meller Company quickly grew out of its valley street location, and moved to Corliss Street in Providence in 1937, persevering through economic hardships of the…
1960 – NASA’s Ruby Rod
In the early 1960’s MIT Labs was attempting to precisely measure the distance from the surface of the earth to the moon for NASA. Meller was…
1970 – Sapphire prototype
Meller Optics Designed prototype sapphire internal optics for newly developed IR Missile Technology. For more info visit Meller Optics online: www.melleroptics.com
1980 – Tomahawk Cruise Missile
Meller Optics manufactured the windows for the Tomahawk missiles navigation systems, as well as the internal sapphire optics for the stinger missile. For more info visit…
1990 – Sapphire Domes
1990’s: Meller Optics was asked to design a prototype sapphire domes for the ASRAAM and SM-2MR Block III (MHIP) Missile. For more info visit Meller Optics…
2000 – Kepler Telescope
In 2000 – Meller Optics produced the Sapphire Lens Array for the Kepler Space Telescope. For more info on products & services, visit Meller Optics online:…
2010 – Raytheon Prototype NCOC Domes
2010 – A prototype for the Nano Composite Optical Ceramic Domes designed for 360° viewing Hyper-Hemispherical Window was made here at Meller Optics. For more info…