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Lockheed Martin Demonstrates New Ground-Based Laser System in Tests Against Rockets and Unmanned Aerial System
Lockheed Martin today announced that it has successfully demonstrated a portable, ground-based military laser system in a series of tests against representative airborne targets. Lockheed Martin developed the Area Defense Anti-Munitions (ADAM)system to provide a defense against short-range threats,… Continue reading
Boeing, Air Force Research Laboratory Sodium Guide Star Laser Enhancing Space Situational Awareness Mission
Improving capability to capture images of objects in Earth orbit
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Oct. 16, 2012 – A sodium guide star laser built by Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) began operating recently on… Continue reading
Boeing High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator Advances to High-power Testing
Under a follow-on contractual effort from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), Boeing will continue developing a truck-mounted directed energy system that improves warfighters’ ability to counter rockets, artillery, mortars and unmanned aerial threats.
Under the High… Continue reading
Boeing Begins Full-Rate Production of Laser JDAM for US Navy
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 25, 2012 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] recently received a $22.7 million modification to an existing U.S. Navy contract… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Performs First Ever Outdoor Flight Test Of Laser Powered UAS
PALMDALE, Calif., August 7, 2012 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and LaserMotive, Inc., have completed a series of flight tests of the Stalker Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to further validate the performance of an innovative laser power system. These tests… Continue reading
USAF B-1 aircrews make history by employing laser JDAMS
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. (AFNS) — B-1 Lancer aircrews from here employed laser Joint Direct Attack Munitions against moving targets during a weapon system evaluation program exercise May 14 through 16.
Aircrews from the 37th Bomb Squadron and 34th… Continue reading
Boeing Receives Additional Laser JDAM Contract from US Navy
The Boeing Company received a $12.5 million contract from U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on March 12 for 1,116 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (Laser JDAM) sensors. This is NAVAIR’s third Low Rate Initial Production order for its Direct… Continue reading
Boeing to Upgrade B-1 Navigation System for US Air Force
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 9, 2012 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received a $55.3 million production contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the B-1 Lancer navigation system. The upgrade… Continue reading
Doing nothing is not an option – laser Interference Seminar’s conclusions now available
Laser interference is a growing menace: the malicious use of powerful laser pointers to dazzle pilots and controllers is rising.
The United Kingdom had 30 instances in 2007 and there have been around 1,600 up until September 2011. EUROCONTROL’s Voluntary… Continue reading
TALON Laser-Guided Rocket Team Completes Key Development Milestone
Raytheon Company completed additional testing of the TALON Laser-Guided Rocket on the AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter. Raytheon and Emirates Advanced Investment Group are developing TALON under a cooperative development effort.
TALON met or exceeded all Raytheon test objectives, which included… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Receives $100.5 Million Contract For Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb Kits
Archbald, Penn, September 6th, 2011 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a $100.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for production of paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) GBU-12 guidance kits.
The award to Lockheed Martin represents the… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Receives $34.5 Million Contract For Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb Kits
ARCHBALD, PA, February 17th, 2011 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a $34.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for production of paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) GBU-12 kits. The majority share contract includes deliveries… Continue reading