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Northrop Grumman Complete Milestone For The Joint High-Powered Solid State Laser Phase 3 Program Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2008 
Northrop Grumman has demonstrated exemplary performance capability of a laser chain, the first major building block of a solid state demonstrator laser designed to reach a power level of 100kW. The Joint High-Powered Solid State Laser (JHPSSL) Phase 3 program exceeded all target requirements of its second major demonstration milestone, including excellent beam quality. The JHPSSL system is ... read more |
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Boeing's Airborne Laser Team Installs All Major Laser Components On ABL Aircraft
St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 25, 2008Boeing, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have achieved a significant milestone for the revolutionary Airborne Laser missile defense program with the installation of all six chemical oxygen iodine laser modules on the ABL aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "ABL's weapon system integration team has done a tremendous job installing major components ... more Boeing Awarded USAF Contract For Advanced Laser Development 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 22, 2008Boeing has been awarded a $49 million U.S. Air Force contract to advance the state of the art in laser technology. Under the Laser Application Support and In-house Research and Development contract, awarded Feb. 1, Boeing will support research, design, development and testing at Air Force Research Laboratory sites at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M. Specific efforts will include ... more NG Wins Key MDA ATILL Laser Deal 
Washington (UPI) Feb 5, 2008 Northrop Grumman said Tuesday it has won a U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract "for the second phase of a five-and-a-half year program to develop the Advanced Track Illuminator Laser (ATILL) a six-kilowatt-class, solid-state, pulsed laser with excellent beam quality for advanced MDA missions. The entire four-phase program will support MDA and Massachusetts Institute ... more Northrop Grumman Names Stewart VP Of Laser Systems 
Apopka FL (SPX) Jan 29, 2008Northrop Grumman has appointed Gordon R. Stewart as vice president of Laser Systems with responsibility for the company's Apopka site operations, effective immediately. In his new position, Stewart will be located in Apopka and have executive responsibility for all laser systems programs within the company's new Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based Land Forces Division. Stewart joined the company ... more Two Milestones Reached For Integration Of High-Energy Laser With MDA's Airborne Laser Aircraft
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Jan 04, 2008Northrop Grumman has achieved two milestones that helped prepare the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft for integration of the Northrop Grumman-developed high-energy laser. Both accomplishments contributed to MDA's success in meeting its fifth and final "Knowledge Point" or milestone for 2007 covering high-power systems integration readiness, continuing recent prog ... more |
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St. Louis MO (SPX) Oct 16, 2007Boeing has successfully demonstrated that its Avenger-mounted laser system can neutralize the kinds of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) that threaten U.S. troops deployed in war zones. During laser firings Sept. 26-27 at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., the Laser Avenger engaged and destroyed five targets representing IED and UXO threats. Laser Avenger ... more Raytheon Illuminator Succeeds In Airborne Laser Flight Tests
El Segundo CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2007A solid-state illuminator laser developed by Raytheon for the Missile Defense Agency has been fired successfully more than 50 times for periods of up to 90 seconds since in-flight tests began in January. The kilowatt-class illuminator, built for the agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) program and fired from a heavily modified Boeing 747, is used to track a boosting ballistic missile. The project ... more Northrop Grumman Begins Integrating Megawatt-Class Laser Onto MDA's Airborne Laser Aircraft 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2007Northrop Grumman, along with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), have begun re-assembly of the world's most powerful laser built for an airborne environment onto MDA's Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft to prepare for high-power system testing. The integration is taking place at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., following a refurbishment by the company that involved the ... more Lockheed Martin Demonstrates In-Flight Beam Control For MDA's Airborne Laser 
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2007Lockheed Martin announced that the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) team has demonstrated the capability to accurately point and focus the elements of the Lockheed Martin-developed Beam Control/Fire Control system on an airborne target. The ABL team successfully directed the beam generated by a surrogate High Energy Laser at a missile-shaped target on the side of an Air Force ... more Boeing-Led Airborne Laser Team Completes Low Power Flight Tests
St. Louis MO (SPX) Sep 04, 2007Boeing, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully demonstrated in flight tests that the Airborne Laser's battle management and beam control/fire control systems can complete the full series of steps required to support a ballistic missile intercept. During these "low power" tests, which concluded Aug. 23, the modified Boeing 747-400F operated from Edwards Air ... more |
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Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2007Northrop Grumman has entered the integration and test phase for the Joint High Power Solid State Laser (JHPSSL) Phase 3 program after exceeding all demonstration requirements for the first gain module, or building block, that forms the core of its 100 kW solid-state laser system. The achievement came as the company successfully completed a Critical Design Review conducted by Department of Defens ... more Japan Develop Laser Weapons Amid North Korea Threat 
Tokyo (AFP) May 13, 2007Japan plans to develop high-power laser weapons next year to strengthen its anti-missile defence system, in response to the growing military threat from North Korea, a report said Sunday. The Defence Ministry will ask for funds for research and development of ground-based laser weapons in the annual budget request for fiscal 2008, the Mainichi Shimbun daily reported, without clarifying sources.< ... more The Battle To Save The ABL
Washington (UPI) May 10, 2007Democrats on Capitol Hill have declared war on the ambitious Airborne Laser anti-ballistic missile program, but the three giant aerospace contractors who are building the ABL are already fighting back. War was declared on Tuesday when the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives announced it was slashing $400 million from the $517 million ... more Beacon Illuminator Laser Shows High Reliability In Ground And Flight Tests 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2007The Northrop Grumman-built Beacon Illuminator Laser (BILL), which is part of the targeting system for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft, has shown high reliability during ground tests that began in July 2006 and in flight tests initiated late last year. In-flight firings consistently lasted longer than 90 seconds, reaching the same power level achieved during ... more Boeing-led Airborne Laser Team Fires Tracking Laser At Airborne Target 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Mar 19, 2007Boeing, along with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, yesterday successfully fired the Airborne Laser (ABL) weapon system's tracking laser in-flight at an airborne target for the first time. During Thursday's test, the modified Boeing 747-400F took off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and used its infrared sensors, part of ABL's Boeing-developed battle management system, ... more
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