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Altechna

Vilnius, Lithuania

OptronicsWeaponsDual-use
51-200 employeesComponent Supplier, Subsystem ManufacturerSupplies Defense Industry
Profile last updated: August 23, 2026

About

Altechna is a defense component supplier based in Vilnius, Lithuania working in optronics, weapons.

Altechna is a global provider of high-precision laser optics, optical coatings and optomechanical assemblies. The company supplies high-power laser optics for defense applications, including high-power laser weapon systems, and works with aerospace and defense primes across Europe and the United States. It also supplies optics for industrial, semiconductor, medical and metrology markets. Altechna reports a team of 130 professionals across the EU and the US, offers build-to-print and build-to-spec assembly services, and operates in-house coating, fabrication, assembly and metrology. In 2023 it acquired Alpine Research Optics, and it has announced participation in the TALOS-TWO project on 100 kW laser weapons.

Location

Vilnius, Lithuania

Employees

51-200

Focus areas

laser opticsoptical coatingsoptomechanicshigh-power laserslaser weapon systemsoptical metrologyphotonicsdefense optics

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

OptronicsWeapons

Supply-chain role

Component SupplierSubsystem ManufacturerContract Manufacturer

What they offer

ComponentsManufacturing ServicesEngineering Services

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

High-power lenses and windows

Laser optics

High-power lenses and windows for the 0.5-2 µm and 1 m wavelength ranges, with high laser damage threshold coatings.

High-power beamsplitters and dichroics

Laser optics

Beamsplitters and dichroic optics for 0.5-2 µm range high-power laser systems.

Coated Er:Glass crystals

Laser crystals

Anti-reflection and high-reflection coated Er:Glass laser crystals, used in eye-safe rangefinder applications.

Coated Co:Spinel passive Q-switch

Laser components

Coated Co:Spinel passive Q-switch crystals for generating short, high-peak-power pulses.

Optomechanical assemblies

Optomechanical assemblies

Complete optical and optomechanical assemblies built to print or to specification, from concept to final product.

End users

Defense Industry

Standards, platforms & customers

Defense standards

MIL-C-48497AMIL-F-48616

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

ISO 9001:2015