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KiwiStar Optics secures contract for world’s largest optical telescope project
Wellington, New Zealand – 3 July 2026 – KiwiStar Optics, an Electro Optic Systems (EOS) company, has secured a multi-million Euro contract to manufacture critical optical components for the Extremely

KiwiStar Optics appoints Julia Rothman as General Manager
KiwiStar Optics, an Electro Optic Systems (EOS) company, has appointed Julia Rothman as its new General Manager. Rothman brings more than two decades of international experience across space systems, defence

KiwiStar Optics optical system to be used in Australian space research centre R&D project for bushfire resilience
KiwiStar Optics and EOS Space Systems will play an integral part of a research project co-funded by Smartsat CRC and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government. On 22 September 2023,

Victoria University degree in Space Science, a world first
By Anthony Young, CapitalNZ News Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington will become the first university in New Zealand to offer Space Science as an undergraduate major, fuelled

KiwiStar Optics Exhibits at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022
After two years of COVID-19 restrictions, a team from KiwiStar Optics – Dr Andrew Rakich, myself and Dave Cochrane (pictured above) – took to the skies and headed to SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation

EOS acquires precision optics provider KiwiStar Optics
Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited (EOS) has entered into an agreement with Callaghan Innovation to acquire the assets and hire the personnel of KiwiStar Optics (KSO). Announcing the agreement, Craig Smith, Chief Technology Officer