On 15 December 2022, optics company Photonis announced that they had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Xenics, a specialist developer and manufacturer of infrared sensors. Xenics is a supplier of Short Wave InfraRed (SWIR) and Long-Wave InfraRed (LWIR) imagers, which employs 65 people and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. The deal will allow Photonis to provide Xenics imaging products to their Business-to-Business customers.
The merger is expected to be finalised by January 2023, pending customary clearances and approvals.
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![The European Super RAP developed by NATO’s ACCS is shared with NATO’s Allied Air Command headquarters in Ramstein, western Germany. Two CAOCS, controlling NATO airspace above northern and southern Europe, generate these RAPs. [NATO]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/NATO-Allied-Air-Command-NATO-Kopie-218x150.jpg "Connect-4")
