Plx Inc.

Commercial

PLX products are used in world wide applications like FTIR spectroscopy, laser tracking, environmental monitoring, beam delivery systems, boresighting and more. Our M.O.S.T technology combines complex optical set-ups into one efficient monolithic unit.



Military

PLX Military experience includes major programs such as the M1 Tank, The Tow Missile upgrade and the Arrowhead Program for the Apache Helicopter. PLX's superior optical assemblies maintain their accuracy under the extremes of combat conditions.



Aerospace

PLX's space heritage dates back to the Apollo-Soyuz mission of the 1970's and continues today with projects like the Jet Propulsion Labs' Thermal Emission Spectrometer launched on the EOS satellite, as well as the Retroreflector Array for NASA's Endeavor Shuttle and more.



LX provides unique optical instruments, technologies and solutions to problems of achieving and maintaining state-of-the-art optical accuracy and stability under severe environmental conditions. Our M.O.S.T.™ technology integrates complex optical elements into compact monolithic structures to achieve these objectives.



PLX products and systems are available in a wide variety of materials, mirror coatings, special metals, sizes and configurations. PLX is a registered ISO 9001 company, is fully compliant with ISO requirements, designs and manufactures products that meet Military Specs and has received over 20 patents for its innovative optical products.



You'll find PLX instruments in such diverse applications as spectroscopy, boresighting, beam alignment and delivery, ultra-fast phenomena research, laser delay lines, military fire control, environmental monitoring, satellite ranging and laser resonators.



PLX serves the commercial market with scientific and industrial applications where wave length, stability and accuracy are essential.



The companies M.O.S.T.™ Monolithic Optical Structure Technology opened up a whole new world of possibilities for the commercial, scientific and industrial communities. It achieves superb optical stability, unsurpassed shock and vibration resistance and sub-arc-second accuracy between optical elements. Most importantly M.O.S.T. ™ combines complex optical elements into one highly efficient, single monolithic unit. The sandwich like structure results in exceptional thermal and mechanical stability, eliminating time consuming and costly adjustments.



Our Military and Aerospace roots.

Because the company's superior optics withstands extreme combat and harsh environmental conditions while maintaining accuracy, PLX has been a valued optical technology source for the Military and Space industries for over 4 decades.







Here is just a partial list of the programs PLX has been proud to participate in:



-Arrowhead - Lockheed Martin Corporation

-IBAS/ITAS TOW Missile Upgrade - Raytheon / DRS Optronics

-EOSS - Northrop Grumman Corporation

-M1 Tank Primary Gunner's Sight - General Dynamics Land Systems Division

-Apollo-Soyuz Russian/American 1975 Space Union - NASA

-TES (Thermal Emission Spectrometer) - Jet Propulsion Lab

-LACE Experiment - NASA

-ACE-Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (SCISAT-1)

-Relay Mirror Experiment - NASA with Ball Aerospace

-RIS (Retroreflector in Space) - NASDA, the Japanese Space Agency

-Mars Express and Venus Express - European Space Agency