LGS Joins DARPA ISR Laser Tech Program
LGS Innovations has won a $4.1 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop laser technology intended to measure distance from a target by illuminating the target and analyzing backscattered light, Military & Aerospace Electronics reports. John Keller writes DARPA wants the Laser Radar Technology program to develop light detection and ranging technology [...]
DRS Technologies has won a $15.5 million contract to design and build a new targeting system for the U.S. Army to locate and mark GPS- and laser-guided munitions. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, incrementally-funded contract covers the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the Joint Effects Targeting System Target Location and Designation System program, DRS said Monday. JETS [...]
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The U.S. Navy is preparing to launch a ship-mounted laser built to launch infrared energy at adversaries’ small boats and unmanned aerial vehicles. In 2014, the Navy plans to install the solid-state laser prototype on the fantail of the USS Ponce, which will be deployed to the 5th fleet region in the Middle East for [...]
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Elbit Systems of America and New Hampshire-based illumination technology maker Laser Light Engines are partnering to develop a laser that can be used for display applications. The LLE DSG-265 intends to function a plug-and-play laser that helps to upgrade existing installations and replace gas discharge lamps that traditionally power digital projectors, the companies said Tuesday. [...]
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Lockheed Martin has created a laser weapon system with the intent to defend against adversarial close-range rockets and unmanned aerial systems, Defense Update reports. Tamir Eshel writes the Area Defense Anti-Munitions system has a 3.1-mile tracking range, contains a 10-kilowatt fiber-laser and uses an external radar cue when targeting UAS. The company tested the system in [...]
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Concurrent Technologies Corp. is developing a laser for the Air Force Research Laboratory, with the goal of developing a system for removing paint from fighter and cargo aircraft. CTC said it received a task order under the National Defense Center for Energy and Environment Program to continue its work with the AFRL on the system. [...]
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