Advanced Photonix Inc. in Camarillo said it was awarded separate contracts from the U.S. government for the company's photodetector technology.
One contract came from the Department of Energy, which wants the technology for its "supercollider" program that will explore the nature of matter by accelerating protons at high speeds and then causing them to collide. That contract initially provides $40,000 of an expected $200,000 in total awards.
