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Lockheed Martin, RAFAEL to Collaborate on Laser System
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 6, 2022 — Lockheed Martin and RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. have signed an agreement that includes jointly developing, testing, and manufacturing high-energy laser weapon systems (HELWS) in the U.S. and Israel. The future joint development will be...
Booz Allen Hamilton Forms Directed Energy Business
MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 13, 2022 — Digital system integrator and data-driven artificial intelligence (AI) company Booz Allen Hamilton has created HELworks, a developer of directed energy (DE) and high-energy laser (HEL) weapon systems. The newly formed unit is headquartered in...
Intevac Sells Photonics Business to EOTECH
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 3, 2022 — Intevac, a supplier of thin-film processing systems, has sold its photonics business unit to privately held, optical technology company EOTECH LLC. The sale is valued at up to $100 million, consisting of an upfront cash payment of $70 million....
Raytheon Delivers High-Energy Laser to US Air Force
MCKINNEY, Texas, Oct. 28, 2019 — Raytheon Co., a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government, and cybersecurity solutions, delivered the first high-energy laser counter-unmanned aerial system (UAS) to the U.S. Air Force earlier this month. The Air...
Lockheed laser could enhance weapons systems
Apr 3, 2014 — The successful demonstration of a 30-kW electric fiber laser is a step forward toward deployment of a mission-relevant laser weapons system for air, land and sea military platforms. Developed by Lockheed Martin’s Aculight Laser Solutions unit...
Aculight 30-kW Fiber Laser Could Enhance Military Weapons Systems
BOTHELL, Wash., Feb. 4, 2014 — The successful demonstration of a 30-kW electric fiber laser marks a significant milestone toward the deployment of a mission-relevant laser weapons system for the military.
Photonics Strengthens Defense – and Offense
Jan 1, 2013 — Light-based technologies offer the military significant advantages in sensing, communications and even weaponry. The US Army has touted its ownership of the night – and the implied advantage therein. But times have changed. “Nowadays,...
Terahertz detection at a distance
TROY, N.Y. – When it comes to safe screening and detection, terahertz imaging offers considerable advantages but one major drawback. Terahertz waves occupy a large segment of the electromagnetic spectrum between the infrared and microwave bands and can provide...
Laser Gets Some Bling
SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 15, 2008 -- A team of physicists at Macquarie University in Sydney has built the first diamond laser using a technique based on the Raman effect. The research could lead to new laser sources that operate over a wide range of wavelengths and with very high power...
Edmund Optics Order Tops $2M
BARRINGTON, N.J., Nov. 13, 2008 -- Optics, imaging and photonics technology provider Edmund Optics (EO) has been awarded $2.32 million by the US Army to improve manufacturing technology for infrared (IR) aspheric optics. The funds will be used to help both foot soldiers and weapons...
KVH Industries Wins Grant to Develop FOG-Based Northfinder
Nov 16, 2007 — KVH Industries Inc. of Middletown, R.I., announced today it has been awarded a $730,000 Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant by the US Department of Defense to develop a smaller and lighter fiber optic gyro (FOG) -based...
Marshall Named Ionatron CEO; Dearmin Now Vice Chairman
Aug 21, 2006 — Defense and security contractor Ionatron Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., a developer of laser-guided energy weapons, today announced that Dana A. Marshall has joined the company as president, CEO and a member of Ionatron's board of directors. Thomas Dearmin,...
FATS Gets $12M US Marines Contract
Mar 8, 2006 — SUWANEE, Ga., March 8, 2006 -- The US Marine Corps (USMC) has awarded Firearms Training Systems Inc. (FATS) a contract valued at over $12 million to deliver more than 1250 Bluefire wireless weapon simulators, 4350 optical adapters for day-and-night...
EOIR Gets $3.2M Night Vision Contract
Mar 7, 2006 — WOODBRIDGE, Va., March 7, 2006 -- Defense contractor EOIR Technologies Inc. has received an additional $3.2 million contract from the US Army's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) for remote sensor technology products and...
Strengthening Global Surveillance and Security
Apr 1, 2004 — Patrolling national borders, detecting explosives and weapons in luggage and cargo and scanning battlefields for toxins are different tasks, yet they all have something in common. They are undertaken to ensure global security, the need for which is...
Diode Laser Improves Canister Welding
Apr 1, 2003 — A laser-assisted welding technique is helping manufacturers construct the next generation of weapons for the US military. By reducing the thermal distortion that traditional welding approaches induce in the workpiece, the process is reducing...
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