Northrop Grumman Wins Contrct To Maintain The "Rayguns"

RAY GUNS

Northrop Grumman Wins Contract To Maintain The "Rayguns"

File photo of the Sea-Lite beam director.

Mclean VA (SPX) Mar 01, 2005
The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a follow-on contract for operations and maintenance of lasers and facility-support systems used to test the effects of lasers against physical threats.

Northrop Grumman's Information Technology (IT) sector will provide engineering and technical support for the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., and equipment including the mid-infrared advanced chemical laser (MIRACL), the Sea-Lite beam director and the vacuum test system.

The MIRACL is the free world's first megawatt-class, continuous wave, deuterium fluoride chemical laser. The Sea-Lite beam director is a stabilized, 1.8-meter diameter, megawatt-class, high-power, laser beam-expanding telescope capable of handling close-in tactical targeting scenarios.

The vacuum test system consists of two major subsystems that allow laser effects and space system testing in a vacuum environment. The system is connected to the MIRACL laser through a series of optics and a 1,000-feet-long laser beam pipe.

In addition to laser tests, the chamber can be used for a range of high-altitude space systems testing, such as payloads and payload fairings and the testing of astronomical instruments.

Northrop Grumman IT will also provide support for laboratory services, laser-experiment setup, design and documentation for test facility users.

RAY GUNS

Northrop Grumman Establishes Directed Energy Systems Unit

Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2005
Northrop Grumman has established a new business area - Directed Energy Systems - to help transition high-energy laser systems from the laboratory to warfighters, the most advanced of which will be able to engage mortars, rockets, artillery and other threats to protect U.S. and allied military and civilian populations and assets.

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