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Thursday, October 04, 2012

Boeing High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator Advances to High-power Testing

High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator |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 Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) Phase II High-Power Testing follow-on contract, Boeing will incorporate a 10-kilowatt, solid-state laser with the HEL MD system.

There is an option to subsequently incorporate a more powerful laser. The effort reduces the risk for future high-power laser integration.

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