The Dutch technology developers and producers, Demcon and VDL Groep, are combining their laser satellite communication activities in FSO instruments. This is the first laser satellite communication technology company to be founded in the Netherlands and builds onto the groundbreaking technology developed by the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) in cooperation with companies, including Demcon and VDL. This is in line with the Dutch aim of attaining a position as a global market leader in the series production of high-quality FSO (free-space optics) instruments for laser satellite communications, for which specific interest exists among American and European companies. Gus van der Feltz has been appointed director of the FSO Instruments joint venture.

FSO Instruments: joint venture of Demcon and VDL Groep for satellite communications

The Dutch technology developers and producers, Demcon and VDL Groep, are combining their laser satellite communication activities in FSO instruments.