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Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 John Keller	Northrop Grumman shoots 27-kw beam of light for 350 seconds from solid-state laser Potential uses include protective and strike capabilities for ships, manned and unmanned aircraft, and ground vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006	Northrop Grumman Solid-State Laser Intended for Several Kinds of Military Missions Scientists at the Northrop Grumman Space Technology segment are developing a high-energy, solid-state laser called Vesta that company officials claim is powerful enough to perform many basic military missions.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006 John McHale	Future weapons: Solid-state lasers Industry and military scientists are moving forward in the quest to develop solid-state lasers for use as weapons by warfighters of the future.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2011 Rich Smith	Northrop Grumman's Naval Death Star The defense contractor's new laser gun is a real blast.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010 John McHale	U.S. Army Selects Northrop Grumman 100-Kilowatt, Solid-State Laser for Field Tests A solid-state laser system from Northrop Grumman Corp. which produces a powerful beam from a continuous-wave, electric laser is joining other speed-of-light weapons for field tests at the Army's High Energy Laser System Test Facility (HELSTF)
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John Keller	Northrop Grumman readies laser-based anti-missile system for operational deployment One Skyguard system can provide a protective shield of about six miles in diameter to defend deployed forces, a large military installation, a large civilian population, or industrial area, Northrop Grumman officials say.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	Laser weapons slowly shifting from science fiction to reality During the exercise, called Advanced Concepts Event or ACE, pilots used the newly developed laser-armed F-16 simulator to prepare for aerial combat once laser weapons become available.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 John McHale	Laser Weapons, on Target The U.S. military and its partners from industry are meeting major milestones in various programs as they move closer to making laser weaponry a standard part of the U.S. arsenal.
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.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2007 Rich Smith	Star Wars Lite Two and a half years after they brought you the world's first airborne ray gun, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman still have a few kinks to work out. But how should investors view recent governmental funding cuts?
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 May 2009	Northrop Grumman-built laser demonstrates long-duration, lethal lasing onboard Airborne Laser aircraft Test settings can be used for future testing, including the planned shootdown of a ballistic missile with laser weapons scheduled to occur later in the year, according to company officials.
National Defense July 2009 Robert H. Williams	Weapons Grade Laser Validated in Military Test Scientists and engineers have scored a first in achieving more than 105 kilowatts of electric light ray intensity in the final demonstration milestone of the military's Joint High Power Solid State Laser Program
The Motley Fool October 27, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing Builds a Laser Tank The Force is strong with this one.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John McHale	Laser Weapons: Moving From Promise to Performance The military's laser weapons programs are making steady progress in their transition from the laboratory to the battlefield, with deployment of initial systems expected within the next three to five years.
National Defense August 2010 Grace V. Jean	Navy Aiming for Laser Weapons at Sea The Navy expects to incorporate lasers onto most ship classes in its surface fleet, including amphibious ships, cruisers and destroyers.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 Courtney E. Howard	Weapons at the Speed of Light Laser weaponry will be a tool in the U.S. military's arsenal much sooner than many think, with the first applications for missile defense from the ground and the air.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2007 Rich Smith	Lockheed's Laser Clicks Lockheed explains that firing a laser from an airborne Boeing 747 is no easy task. If Congress has its way, neither, apparently, will be sustaining the funding necessary to continue testing of the defense system.
National Defense July 2015 Ariel Robinson	Directed Energy Weapons: Will They Ever Be Ready? Despite promising test results and decades of research and development, it could be many more years before the military is ready to bring directed energy weapons into the mainstream.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004	Laser weapons prove their worth in guarding against mortar attacks "For the first time, we have a way to protect our forces, and those of our allies, against almost daily mortar attacks," says Patrick Caruana, vice president of Space and Missile Defense for Northrop Grumman Space Technology.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2004 Rich Smith	Boeing Wields a New Laser According to a Pentagon announcement, the company successfully tests an in-flight anti-missile weapon.
National Defense March 2009 Grace V. Jean	Military May Be Souring On Laser Weapons The Pentagon's enthusiasm for laser weapons is not what it used to be.
Popular Mechanics July 22, 2008 Erik Sofge	Laser Truck Inches Closer to Iraq Battlefield: Exclusive First Look The Army is one step closer to getting what can only be described as a laser truck - one capable of disabling incoming rounds.
National Defense August 2014 Dan Parsons	Lasers Could Become Cost Effective Missile Defense Weapons The U.S. military invests more money than any other country, but its expensive high-tech defenses are increasingly countered by the proliferation of relatively cheap but effective weapons.
National Defense June 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Army to Curtail Procurement of Precision-Guided Weapons The Army needs to reevaluate its precision-guided munitions programs, and identify which of its current weapons should continue to receive funding. Contractors worried about declining sales should try to find ways to consolidate production lines across all military services.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006 John McHale	Northrop Grumman Proposes High-Energy Ground Laser to Defend Commercial Aircraft The defense company proposed a ground-based, high-energy laser system called Skyguard as part of a layered airport defense to protect commercial jetliners from terrorists firing shoulder-fired missiles.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing Is a Jedi Master Boeing has successfully fired the Advanced Tactical Laser from an in-flight Boeing C-130.
National Defense August 2009 Grace Jean	Guided Mortars: The Next IED? Can improvised explosive devices become smart weapons?
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2006 John McHale	Airborne Laser completes laser ground tests During the tests, experts demonstrated lasing duration and power at levels suitable to destroy several classes of ballistic missiles, Boeing officials say.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004	Fiber lasers emerge as strong competitor for future laser weapons They may be applied to jet fighters, land vehicles, and perhaps even man-portable systems. And they even have the potential to edge-out other solid-state laser approaches such as slab lasers and free-electron lasers.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: The Whole Picture From II-VI? In advance of earnings, analysts expect laser company II-VI to show 18% sales growth, and an even bigger rise in profits.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing: Can't Join 'Em? Beat 'Em! Boeing may be top o' the heap in commercial airliners and military transports, and it may even do a decent job on helicopters. But when it comes to the next big thing in aeronautics -- unmanned aerial vehicles the company's looking like a bit of an also-ran.
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.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2009 Rich Smith	Northrop Grumman: Bad News Is Good News Northrop stunned the investing world by announcing that it will report a loss in the next quarter, but the news isn't as bad as it seems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 John Keller	Military, Industry Seek to Boost Efficiency of Diode Lasers Efficiency is a driving trend in military optoelectronics technology development. Increasing efficiency of lasers would translate into fewer batteries that fighting forces in the field would have to carry.
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.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2011 Andrew Tonner	Does This Defense Contractor Have the Makings of a Great Investment? Should you buy this stock?
The Motley Fool April 29, 2008 Rich Smith	Northrop Misses the Boat This defense contractor appears to be struggling in the first quarter.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008	Northrop Grumman Selects CPI Aero Housings for ALMDS Electronics CPI to provide the U.S. Navy's Airborne Laser Mine-Detection System (ALMDS) with pod structural housing.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2011 Katie Spence	Despite Budget Cuts, This Is Still My Favorite Stock Budget cuts may have hurt Northrop Grumman's profits, but it's more than capable of surviving this budget storm.
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National Defense June 2013 Dan Parsons	Energy Weapons: The Next Gunpowder? The U.S. military has been investigating and investing in solid-state lasers and other directed energy weapons for half a century. All that work has finally paid off, as the Navy is set to deploy the first laser small enough to fit on a ship.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Northrop Grumman's Bad Omen In advance of earnings, analysts wonder if Northrop Grumman will miss estimates again, as it had last quarter.
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 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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2004	Test Moves Missile-Defense Laser Program Closer to Deployment The future U.S. Airborne Laser system took another step forward last month when modules of the system's megawatt-class chemical oxygen-iodine laser were test fired for the first time while linked together as one unit.
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).