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Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009	Laser Designator Electro-Optical Sensor to be Restored by Northrop Grumman Military laser experts at the Northrop Grumman Laser Systems are restoring and refurbishing U.S. Army laser systems that can recognize and designate targets for laser guided munitions.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2009 J.R. Wilson	Directed-Energy Weapons Will be the Next Generation of Precision-Guided Munitions Directed-energy weapons are on the top of the wish list for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
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Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009	C-130-Based High-Energy Laser Weapon Defeats Ground Target in Flight Test 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.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004	Military Technologies Conference March 15-16 Will Center on Military Transformation The conference's three modules reflect three of the most pivotal technologies for leading the U.S. military into the 21st century and for transforming it from an industrial-age to an information-age force.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 John Keller	Fiber Laser Sales to Grow 26 Percent Annually Through 2011 Many key questions remain, such as how fast and how much market share can kilowatt fiber lasers gain from carbon dioxide lasers in sheet metal cutting? And, how much vertical integration is necessary to succeed in the fiber laser market?
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Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005 John McHale	Chasing the goal of an efficient battlefield laser U.S. DoD researchers aim to develop small lasers for use in tactical air missions. The engineering challenge has been taken up by contractors including Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin.
National Defense August 2009 Grace V. Jean	Laser Weapons: Laboratory Toys or Imminent Battlefield Systems? Clearing the hurdles will be a challenge, given the tough economic climate and the uncertainty of future warfare needs in the Defense Department.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010	Laser Company Sale: Coherent Acquires North American Operations of Stockeryale StockerYale, which specializes in structured light lasers, LED modules, and specialty optical fibers for military, industrial, and medical applications, is selling its North American operations to laser designer Coherent.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006	Northrop Grumman Test Fires Powerful, Continuously Pulsed Illuminator Laser A new diode-pumped solid-state, next-generation illuminator laser developed delivered multikilowatt output power while operating at 5,000 pulses per second during recent tests, company officials reported.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 John Keller	Military laser weapon research aims at defending U.S. Navy ships at sea U.S. Navy researchers are asking two U.S. defense contractors to develop military laser prototypes of a future laser weapon of megawatt power to defend warships at sea from future maritime threats.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 John McHale	Laser Weapons Are Getting Closer to Reality U.S. Department of Defense experts are close to fielding the Airborne Laser (ABL) for missile defense and several other high-energy laser weapons programs received new funding this year.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008	Neutralizing Improvised Explosive Devices with Lasers Boeing Integrated Defense Systems demonstrated that the company's Avenger-mounted laser system can neutralize improvised explosive devices (IEDs) currently threatening U.S. troops in war zones.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009	ABL High-Power Laser Weapon Moves Toward Missile Shoot-Down Demonstration 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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National Defense May 2005 Robert H. Williams	French Seek More Realistic Troop Training The French Army has agreed to purchase 4,300 laser-firing simulators, harness-worn sensors and head units for infantry training. The laser transmitters will be used on assault and sniper rifles and related weapons.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006	BAE Systems Enters Market for Ground-Based Laser Warning Sensors The BAE Systems Sensor Integration segment in Austin, Texas, is jumping into the market for ground-based laser warning sensors to provide ground crews and vehicles with improved situational awareness and protection against laser-designated and laser-guided weapons.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 John McHale	Improving Visibility Gen. Thomas Csnrko said he wants more visibility on the battlefield other than direct observation. Designers of improved optics sensors and infrared technology, especially in unmanned platforms, are looking to make his wish come true.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005	Sandia Uses Presstek Diode in Shuttle Camera The LT-1110 is a CS-mounted diode- laser bar that delivers 20 watts of power at wavelengths of 808 and 915 nanometers. The lasers are useful for both commercial and solid-state pumping applications.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	Laser Diffuse and Laser Retroreflective Sensors Banner Engineering is offering the World-Beam QS18LD laser diffuse and QS18LLP laser retroreflective sensors. The devices are for applications where high power and small beam size are important, such as semiconductor, materials handling, medical, and pharmaceuticals.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006	Air Force seeks to improve battlefield logistics with recycled laser fuel This achievement removes the need to dispose of used fuel, and will substantially improve warfighting logistics, says the Air Force project officer on the program.