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SAPPHIRE OPTICAL DOMES
PROTECT MISSILE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS

sapphire optical domes and a hyper-hemisphere sitting on a blue table as a missile flys in the background.

Custom engineered sapphire optical domes including a new truncated hyper-hemisphere 360 degree window for protecting vision systems from harsh environments have been introduced by Meller Optics, Inc. of Providence, RI. Meller Sapphire Optical Domes and 360 Degree Windows feature Mohs 9 hardness, which is second only to diamond, and are highly resistant to fast moving […]