CILAS
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| Headquarters | Orléans, France |
Key people | Philippe Lugherini |
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CILAS is a French company, a subsidiary of MBDA and Safran Electronics & Defense, specialized in laser and optics technology, founded in 1966.[1] This high-technology engineering company was the inventor of the particle size analyzer.[2] Today, it develops, manufactures and produces systems combining laser and precision optics in the field of high technology, accounting. Products for the military represent 50% of turnover against 50% civilian.
History
This company was founded in 1966 by two companies : CGE (Compagnie Generale d'Électricité becoming Alcatel-Alsthom) and Saint-Gobain. The aim was to exploit industrially and commercially the work of laboratories working on laser sources and laser equipment.
In 1983, it became CILAS-Alcatel. In 1985, it was absorbed by two companies of optics : SORO Electro-Optics and BBT (Barbier Bernard and Turenne). Alcatel withdraws its laser activities in 1989, resulting in a change of ownership. In early 1990, the capital is divided between three companies, CEA Industries (now Areva), SAT and Unilaser Holding (Aerospace Group). CILAS-Alcatel becomes CILAS.
Meanwhile, from late 1989, the Unilaser group also acquired the Optronics Division of Alcatel Marcoussis laboratories and named it Laserdot. Unilaser now gather Quantel, LISA, CILAS and Laserdot.
From this moment, Laserdot and CILAS collaborate on joint projects. Laserdot is more oriented toward research and development whereas CILAS toward industrialization and production.
In 1994, SAT withdraws CILAS' capital and shares of the two remaining shareholders passed to 57% for Unilaser and 43% for CEA Industry. On September 1, 1995, CILAS and Laserdot are merged into a single entity which retains the name CILAS.[citation needed]
Defence and security
Cilas develops and manufactures different products in the field of defence and security. It offers laser designators,[3] counter-snipers optical sight systems detectors, rangefinders, airborne laser sources and shipborne helicopters landing aids.
Products
With approximately 45% of its revenue generated in France and 55% from international markets, the company's primary commercial base remains domestic.
- Military products: high-power laser systems for counter-drone applications (including HELMA-P); laser rangefinders[4] for tanks, helicopters, naval fire-control systems, and laser designators (DHY 208, DHY 308, and ALADEM-80) used for guided munitions or for detecting snipers. The company also develops directed-energy laser weapons.
- Civilian products: optical thin-film coatings;[5][6] laser granulometers for measuring particle size in gases (an activity sold in 2017), liquids, and solids; and systems used in adaptive optics.[7]
- Laser Mégajoule products: components and technologies supplied for the Laser Mégajoule (LMJ) facility of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA).[8][9]
References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MBDA and Safran take a majority stake in CILAS | MBDA". www.mbda-systems.com. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Oberlinger, Matthias (2017-12-01). "The BETTERSIZER will take over for CILAS – the next generation in particle analysis". 3P Instruments. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."IDEX 2023: CILAS from France displays laser target designator and HELM". armyrecognition.com. 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nexter and CILAS announce cooperation on laser weapons for land platforms". RP Defense.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CILAS: laser and optical technologies for environmental sectors". Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Inauguration of the joint SPCTS–CILAS laboratory "Laboratory of Transparent Ceramics for Laser Applications"" (PDF).
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."JRIOP – Adaptive Optics Research Days".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Megajoule Laser". 27 June 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Exceptional Technology for the Laser Mégajoule Facility". 9 April 2015.
- The M4 adaptive unit for the E-ELT, B Crepy, 2009
- Multifunction laser source for ground and airborne applications, B Crepy, 4th International Symposium on Optronics in Defence and security in Paris, 2010
- Mechanism of the liquid-phase sintering for Nd:YAG ceramics, R. Bouleisteix, A. Maître, J-F. Baumard, C. Sallé, Y. Rabinovitch, 2008 (elsevier)
- Five factors to consider when choosing a particle size analyzer, Nicolas Marchet, PBE/I, 2010
- Conference ceramics department - Optro 2010, Y. Rabinovitch, 2010
- Progress on the laser source for DIRCM presented for the 4th International Symposium on Optronics in Defence and security in Paris (2010), B, Crépy, 2009
- Stand-off biological detection by lif (laser induced fluorescence) lidar - Optro 2010, O. Meyer, 2010
- Temperature insensitive laser for very compact designation function on small platforms - Optro 2010, J. Montagne, 2010
