1921 Was a Great Year
Meller Optics was established as Adolf Meller Company in 1921 located in Providence, Rhode Island to serve the jewelry industry. For more information, products & services,…
1937 – Larger Facility
Max quickly grew out of the Valley Street location and moved to Corliss Street in Providence in 1937. To view the full history of Meller Optics…
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…