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Air Force Patents Laser Sensor Stimulator

Several classes of laser detection, characterization, and warning receivers have been developed for employment on civilian and military aircraft. Traditionally, these sensors undergo extensive laboratory and ground characterization and testing, but very little validation and direct-illumination during actual flight. Moreover, the cost limits their use for small-scale development and test activities. Air Force researchers have

High-Energy Lasers to Pierce Fog, Dust, Provide ISR Data and Destroy Threats

A lot of people think that high-energy lasers, or HELs, can”t penetrate fog, rain and dust, said Thomas Webber. That”s just plain wrong. Webber, director of the Directed Energy Division”s Technical Center, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, spoke at the Association of the United States Army”s Annual Meeting and Exposition, Oct. 9. The