Ray Guns and Laser Weapon Technology 05-AUG-08 en-us St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 06, 2008 - Boeing fired its new thin-disk laser system repeatedly in recent tests, achieving the highest known simultaneous power, beam quality and run time for any solid-state laser to date.]]> ]]> St. Louis MO (SPX) May 20, 2008 - Boeing has fired a high-energy chemical laser aboard a C-130H aircraft in ground tests for the first time, achieving a key milestone for the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration 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.]]> St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 25, 2008 - Boeing, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have achieved a significant milestone for the revolutionary Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program with the installation of all six chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) modules on the ABL aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.]]> ]]> St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 22, 2008 - Boeing 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 (LASIR) 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:]]> 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."]]> Apopka FL (SPX) Jan 29, 2008 - Northrop 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.]]> ]]> Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Jan 04, 2008 - Northrop 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 program progress.]]> St. Louis MO (SPX) Dec 11, 2007 - Boeinghas installed a high-energy chemical laser aboard a C-130H aircraft, achieving a key milestone for the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program. Boeing completed the laser installation Dec. 4 at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The laser, including its major subsystem, a 12,000-pound integrated laser module, was moved into place aboard the aircraft and aligned with the previously-installed beam control system, which will direct the laser beam to its target.]]> El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2007 - Next generation bombers equipped with a high-energy-laser-based defensive system and other advanced weapons could perform a variety of new interdiction, strike and special forces missions according to a new virtual bomber concept unveiled recently by Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman is the U.S. Air Force's prime contractor for the B-2 stealth bomber, the flagship of the nation's long range strike arsenal.]]> ]]> ]]> Seoul (AFP) Nov 10, 2007 - South Korea is developing a mobile truck-mounted laser weapon capable of destroying North Korean missiles and artillery shells, a report said Saturday.]]> St. Louis MO (SPX) Oct 16, 2007 - Boeing 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.]]> El Segundo CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2007 - A 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.]]> Advertise in Space War and reach thousands of industry, government and science readers the world over.

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