Military News: Contracts Awarded to Develop Laser Pods that Shoot Down Missiles: The U.S. handed out two

Contracts Awarded to Develop Laser Pods that Shoot Down Missiles

Military News: Contracts Awarded to Develop Laser Pods that Shoot Down Missiles: The U.S. handed out two

The U.S. handed out two contracts Monday to Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin to develop laser pods that can be mounted on aircraft and shoot down missiles. Under Project Endurance, Northrop Grumman received a $14.6 million contract and Lockheed Martin received $11.4 million to develop laser weapons to protect manned and unmanned aircraft. Project Endurance was included in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) fiscal year 2014 budget. Endurance was born out of DARPA’s Excalibur program in which engineers have worked to “develop coherent optical phased array technologies to enable scalable laser weapons that are 10 times lighter and more compact than existing high-power chemical laser systems,” according to a DARPA release. Research on lasers has advanced to such a point the military feels ready to install them aboard aircraft and utilize them as a key ...

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@TacticalSavers » 31 Oct '13, 2pm
Military News: Contracts Awarded to Develop Laser Pods that Shoot Down Missiles: The U.S. handed out two contr... [link]
@HonorThem » 30 Oct '13, 10pm
via Defense Blog | Contracts Awarded to Develop Laser Pods that Shoot Down Missiles [link] #Military #Defense
@DouglasBurdett » 30 Oct '13, 10pm
Contracts Awarded to Develop Laser Pods that Shoot Down Missiles ~via Defense Tech [link]
@CloseDanger » 30 Oct '13, 10pm
RT @arawnsley: Please give this the DOD acronym treatment. I'm thinking P.ulsed E.nergy W.eapon [link]
@arawnsley » 30 Oct '13, 10pm
Please give this the DOD acronym treatment. I'm thinking P.ulsed E.nergy W.eapon [link]
@morgansparhawk » 30 Oct '13, 10pm
RT @VoteSmarts: #USmil>> Contracts Awarded to Develop Laser Pods that Shoot Down Missiles @KissMyAmFlag [link]
@DefenseTech » 30 Oct '13, 10pm
Lockheed and NG get contracts to develop laser pod for aircraft that can shoot down missiles. [link]
@FLIndustrialnet » 30 Oct '13, 9pm
RT @defensetech Contracts Awarded to Develop Laser Pods that Shoot Down Missiles: The U.S. handed out two cont... [link]
@DefconNews » 30 Oct '13, 9pm
Contracts Awarded to Develop Laser Pods that Shoot Down Missiles: The U.S. handed out two contracts Monday to ... [link]
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Contracts Awarded to Develop Laser Pods that Shoot Down Missiles: The U.S. handed out two contracts Monday to ... [link]

Contracts Awarded to Develop Laser Pods that Shoot Down Missiles

Military News: Contracts Awarded to Develop Laser Pods that Shoot Down Missiles: The U.S. handed out two

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