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A second incident occured in 1990, as during the Gulf War U.S. soliders found night vision devices made by Delft Instruments in Iraqi positions. Delft had initially exported the devices using a Belgian subsidiary with a valid export license, but it continued exporting the devices for months after an arms embargo was placed. The U.S. decided to boycott the company, and began a criminal investigation, which was later settled, and the boycott slowly lifted.<ref>https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delft_Instruments</ref><ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03064229108535220</ref> | A second incident occured in 1990, as during the Gulf War U.S. soliders found night vision devices made by Delft Instruments in Iraqi positions. Delft had initially exported the devices using a Belgian subsidiary with a valid export license, but it continued exporting the devices for months after an arms embargo was placed. The U.S. decided to boycott the company, and began a criminal investigation, which was later settled, and the boycott slowly lifted.<ref>https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delft_Instruments</ref><ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03064229108535220</ref> | ||
In 1995, Delft Electronic Products BV (DEP) was founded as a subsidiary of Delft Instruments specialized on night vision technology.<ref>https://www.lesechos.fr/2005/02/le-correzien-photonis-rachete-le-neerlandais-delft-electronic-products-597372</ref> | In 1995, Delft Electronic Products BV (DEP) was founded as a subsidiary of Delft Instruments specialized on night vision technology.<ref>https://www.lesechos.fr/2005/02/le-correzien-photonis-rachete-le-neerlandais-delft-electronic-products-597372</ref><ref group="Notes">BV stands for ''beeldversterker'', Dutch for ''image intensifier''.</ref> | ||
===Photonis === | ===Photonis === | ||
In 2005, Photonis Technologies SAS, also called Photonis Group, was formed from merger of Delft Electronic Products BV, Burle Industries and Photonis.<ref name=":12" /> Both Delft and Burle become subsidiaries of Photonis Group, based in the Lancaster facility in the U.S.A and the Roden facility in the Netherlands, respectively.<ref>https://indico.cern.ch/event/46144/sessions/177795/attachments/949759/1347567/presentation_photonis_feb_2008.pdf</ref> | In 2005, Photonis Technologies SAS, also called Photonis Group, was formed from merger of Delft Electronic Products BV, Burle Industries and Photonis.<ref name=":12" /> Both Delft and Burle become subsidiaries of Photonis Group, based in the Lancaster facility in the U.S.A and the Roden facility in the Netherlands, respectively.<ref>https://indico.cern.ch/event/46144/sessions/177795/attachments/949759/1347567/presentation_photonis_feb_2008.pdf</ref> |