Boeing laser systems destroy UAVs in tests
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., 19 Nov. 2009 Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] experts demonstrated the ability of mobile laser weapon systems to track and destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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NASA's Wise Eye to survey night sky with electro-optics
WASHINGTON, 18 Nov. 2009. NASA officials are on hand at SuperComputing 2009 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Ore. They are discussing the latest NASA aircraft, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (Wise), which has been fitted with a sunshade and is scheduled to roll to the pad on Friday, Nov. 20, before launching into space to survey the entire sky in infrared light.
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Laser weapons are here: ATL test shows ability to attack moving targets effectively from the air
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.–The U.S. Air Force’s experimental Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL)–a high-energy laser weapon fitted to a C-130 turboprop aircraft–hit and damaged a moving vehicle in late September in a test that demonstrated for the first time the laser weapon’s ability to attack moving targets effectively.
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Navy wants ideas from industry on how to counter directed-energy weapons
ARLINGTON, Va.–The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Arlington, Va., is interested in receiving research proposals on the best technologies for countering directed-energy weapons (CDEW) to protect Navy and Marine Corps ships, submarines, and aircraft from weapons such as high-energy lasers, non-lethal weapons like laser “dazzlers,” high-power microwave transmitters, particle beams, and pulsed high-power electromagnetic systems.
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Laser weapons are here: ATL test shows ability to attack moving targets effectively from the air
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., 13 Oct. 2009. The U.S. Air Force's experimental Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) -- a high-energy laser weapon fitted to a C-130 turboprop aircraft -- hit and damaged a moving vehicle three weeks ago in a test that demonstrated for the first time the ATL's ability to attack moving targets effectively.
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DARPA extends OEwaves' contract to develop compact frequency agile electro-optic oscillator
PASADENA, Calif., 9 Oct. 2009. OEwaves engineers will demonstrate the feasibility of a compact, wideband tunable, ultra-high performance microwave oscillator suitable for radar and communication systems. The technology will support small platforms, such as unmanned vehicle systems. The approach combines a fiber-based OEO for achieving high spectral purity with a unique modulator based on the optical WGM resonator.
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Military electro-optics specialist Clear Align hits No. 1 on Inc. Magazine Mid-Atlantic fast growers
PHILADELPHIA, 5 Oct. 2009. Military imaging, optical sensor, and aerospace fiber optics specialist Clear Align in Eagleville Pa., has been ranked the fastest-growing private company in the four-state Mid-Atlantic region, which consists of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, according to business publication Inc. Magazine in New York.
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Military laser rangefinder supplied to Army from $599 million contract to Northrop Grumman
APOPKA, Fla., 5 Oct. 2009. The Northrop Grumman Corp. Laser Systems segment in Apopka, Fla., will supply the U.S. Army with Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinders (LLDR) under terms of a $599 million contract announced today.
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Navy approaches industry for ideas on how to counter directed energy weapons
ARLINGTON, Va., 1 Oct. 2009. The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Arlington, Va., is interested in receiving research proposals on the best technologies for Counter Directed Energy Weapons (CDEW) to protect Navy and Marine Corps ships, submarines, aircraft, and other weapons from directed-energy weapons.
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ABL high-power laser weapon moves toward missile shoot-down demonstration
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—Missile defense experts fired the high-power laser aboard the Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft in flight for the first time in August, to move the airborne military laser closer to an actual missile shoot-down demonstration.
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C-130-based high-energy laser weapon defeats ground target in flight test
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Laser weapons experts from Boeing and the U.S. Air Force defeated a ground target from the air with the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft in late August in ATL’s first air-to-ground, high-power laser engagement of a kind of target that would be found on the battlefield.
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Laser designator electro-optical sensor to be restored by Northrop Grumman
APOKA, Fla.—Military laser experts at the Northrop Grumman Laser Systems segment in Apoka, Fla., are restoring and refurbishing U.S. Army laser systems that can recognize and designate targets for laser guided munitions, under terms of a $21.9 million contract.
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BAE Systems delivers airborne day/night persistent surveillance to U.S. Army
GREENLAWN, N.Y., 11 Sept. 2009. BAE Systems has developed and delivered the first airborne persistent surveillance system to the U.S. Army, addressing a need for continuous, wide-area, day-or-night situational awareness in complex operational environments and mil apps.11
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SELEX Galileo's Falco UAV carries multiple payload, PicoSAR AESA radar, and electro-optics
LONDON, 10 Sept. 2009. SELEX Galileo, of Finmeccanica, completed an intensive flight campaign for Falco, its Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS), to expand its ISR capabilities through the integration of multiple sensors and additional functionality. SELEX Galileo also validated the latest version of High Mobility Ground Control Station (HM-GCS), which is self-contained and offers a full training/simulation environment and mission rehearsal capability.
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FLIR Systems gains $4.9 million Colombian military order for electro-optics
PORTLAND, Ore., 3 Sept. 2009. FLIR Systems Inc. won a $4.9 million U.S. Government Foreign Military Sale order for the Colombian Army and Air Force. The order includes FLIRs Star SAFIRE III infrared multi-sensor surveillance systems, training, and related services. The units delivered under this award will be installed on Rotary Wing Surveillance and Tactical Platforms in support of Colombian Ministry of Defense airborne day and night counter-narcotic and counter-insurgency missions.
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High power laser weapon from airborne laser platform defeats ground target in flight test
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., 1 Sept. 2009. Laser weapons experts from Boeing and the U.S. Air Force defeated a ground target from the air with the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft Aug. 30 in ATL's first air-to-ground, high power laser engagement of a tactically representative target.
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General Dynamics boosts electro-optics and ISR capabilities with Axsys buy
FAIRFAX, Va.–General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (GD-AIS) in Fairfax, Va., is acquiring military electro-optics specialist Axsys Technologies Inc. in Rocky Hill, Conn., to boost the GA-AIS presence in military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications.
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Electro-optics Brief
Premier Electronics Ltd. in Hoddesdon, England, is introducing the Hurricane security infrared camera for digital video surveillance.
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Elbit Systems to supply high-speed radio and data communication systems to Finnish Army
HAIFA, Israel, 22 Aug. 2009. Elbit Systems Ltd. won a contract valued at EUR17 million to provide Finland's Ministry of Defense with high-speed radio and data transmission communication systems to be delivered during 2010 to 2012.
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ABL high power laser weapon moves toward missile defense missile shoot-down demonstration
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., 20 Aug. 2009. Missile defense experts fired the high power laser aboard the Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft in flight for the first time Aug. 18, to move the airborne military laser weapon closer to an actual missile shoot-down demonstration.
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