Tech Days annually summarizes the USA Government's investment strategies and activities in developing technology for any application (such as telescopes, imaging systems, seeker/trackers, high-energy laser systems, solar energy, etc.) which requires optical components. Tech Days covers technology investment efforts in optical materials, substrate design/manufacture, optical fabrication and metrology technologies, optical coatings, wavefront sensing and control via adaptive optics, nanotechnologies, imaging technologies, etc.
The purpose of Tech Days is to: