About the EOC
Contact Us:
Electro-Optics Center Northpointe 222 Northpointe Blvd. Freeport, PA 16229 Phone: 724-295-7000 Fax: 724-295-7001			Electro-Optics Center South 559A Freeport Road Freeport PA 16229 Phone:724-295-6600 Fax: 724-295-6617
EOC Facilities: The EOC’s Northpointe Facility, located 28 miles North of Pittsburgh, features fifteen technical laboratories providing over 15,000 square feet of research space dedicated to the departments and groups located in the facility. The building also features two conference rooms and a classroom capable of holding in excess of 150 people in an unclassified setting. Northpointe serves as the home of the Center’s administrative functions as well as research. The EOC Materials Division is located in a 12,500 square foot facility located approximately 4 miles south of the EOC Headquarters. The facility contains office space, a conference room and a number of laboratories used for Crystal Growth, Processing and Materials Characterization. overview Technical Project Development and Management The development of technical solutions to Navy/DoD and industry electro-optics manufacturing issues and requirements.

Manufacturing Technology Transfer and Deployment

Enable transition from prototype demonstrations to production capability leading to creation of new businesses or enhancing product lines of existing businesses to provide industry focused economic development. 

Workforce Development

Conduct a Workforce Education and Development program that provides skill-based training and academic courses in basic and advanced electro-optics manufacturing technologies, operate a teaching and demonstration facility, and conduct various outreach activities to evoke enthusiasm for science and technology in general, and electro-optics specifically. 

Electro-Optics Technical Resources

Technical resources and personnel are provided for technical oversight and consulting, proposal evaluation, program management, prototype production demonstrations, and conducting acceptance tests.

Local Impact:

Established in 1999 with 4 employees, the EOC has grown into a dynamic research center that employs approximately 100 talented faculty and staff. While the EOC serves as a national resource it has had a tremendous impact in the Pittsburgh Region. Beyond just creating jobs at the EOC the Center has been credited with attracting or helping expand over ten companies in Armstrong County and Western Pennsylvania in the last 5 years. 

It is estimated that the EOC has been a catalyst for creating more than 450 new family sustaining jobs. The EOC has also worked with many established companies in the Pittsburgh Region to support the continuation of cutting edge research and development.

The EOC has established synergistic relationships with other defense related centers in Western Pennsylvania such as the Center for Defense Robotics at the Technology Collaborative in Pittsburgh and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining.  The close partnerships with these and other organizations are helping our nation’s warfighters as well as assisting in the transformation Western Pennsylvania into one of the nation’s leading technology centers.