Another interconnect product line where Glenair is applying its winning formula of availability, fast turnaround and world-wide technical support is fiber optics. The use of fiber optics as an alternative data carrier to copper wire is not new. In 1976 the U.S. Air force replaced a wiring harness of an A-7 aircraft with an all optical data link in its airborne light technology program (ALOFT): 302 electrical cables, over 1,200 meters in length and weighing over 40,000 grams were replaced with 12 fibers, 76 meters in length, weighing less than 1,700 grams. Today, the advantages provided by fiber optics extend far beyond weight reduction to include faultless data-link performance, RFI/EMI/EMP immunity, enhanced data transmission security and almost unlimited communications bandwidth.

Glenair's fiber optic expertise includes the design and manufacture of off-the-shelf components as well as custom, user-serviceable fiber optic cable and conduit assemblies. Our fiber optic manufacturing and test facilities feature a complete fiber-optic extrusion line, precision multi-station grinding and polishing equipment for termini and connectors and complete optical inspection using optical power meters, microscopes and OTDR equipment. Precision machined connectors, adapters and transitions, including hybrid connectors for combined optical and electrical applications, are produced using close tolerance CNC machining, milling and Swiss automatic equipment.

For price and delivery information,please contact our worldwide headquarters at 818-247-6000, your local Glenair office, or any one of our family of independent sales representatives and distributors.

Sure, fiber optics provide outstanding data-link performance, but it's the supplier that makes or breaks a fiber optic system