IFOS is located at 4425 Fortran Drive,in the City of Santa Jose, at the heart of Silicon Valley, CA, between the campuses of Google and Cisco. The main facilities are approximately 10,000 square feet, which houses the laboratories, management, business and engineering personnel offices and equipment. IFOS maintains a DCAA approved time keeping, estimating and accounting system, as required by IFOS’s extensive contract activities with the federal government and large prime contractor collaborators. IFOS is ITAR compliant and has implemented an Export Management System (EMS), with formal training and manuals containing detailed instructions regarding the relevant regulations and policies. The facilities meet federal, California and local environmental laws and regulations including, but not limited to: airborne emissions, waterborne effluents, external radiation levels, outdoor noise, solid and bulk waste disposal practices, and handling and storage of toxic and hazardous materials. IFOS laboratories are supplied with the state-of-the-art equipment necessary for the investigation, fabrication, characterization, testing and evaluation of fiber-optic and photonic devices, sensors, systems and networks.