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Northrop Grumman Fires Up Firestrike Laser

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REDONDO BEACH, Calif., May 10, 2012 — Northrop Grumman Corp. test-fired the first product in its next-generation Firestrike family of high-energy solid-state lasers. The devices meet size, weight reduction and ruggedization goals for operational applications, it said. Conducted at the company’s Redondo Beach laboratory, the tests demonstrated that the laser could burn through the skin and critical components of a target drone used to simulate anti-ship cruise missile threats to US Navy ships. This next-generation Firestrike laser is called Gamma. (Images: Northrop Grumman) The laser, dubbed Gamma, uses...Read full article

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    Published: May 2012
    Aerospace SystemsAmericasbeam qualityBQM-74 droneBusinessCaliforniaDan Wildtdefensedefensive systemsFirestrike laserlaser stabilitylaser vibrationNorthrop Grummanoptical componentsRedondo Beach laboratoryshock testingsolid-state lasersSteve Hixsonthermal testingUS Navyvibration testingLasers

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