Solid-State High-Energy Laser Systems
Northrop Grumman Solid-State High Energy Lasers use solid lasing material and are powered electrically. Solid-State laser technology is advancing rapidly - ideal for air, ground, and naval platform mounting for shorter range tactical missions. View Solid State Lasers Data Sheet.
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Under the current phase (Phase 3), the JHPSSL program's goal is for a laser system to reach 100 kW, setting the stage for a variety of force protection and strike missions; wide-area, ground-based defense against rockets, artillery, and mortars; and precision strike missions for airborne platforms.
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SkyStrike is a multi-mission airborne precision strike laser weapon system capable of multi-platform integration. The >15kW Skystrike laser system leverages Northrop Grumman's advances in packaged Vesta and fiber lasers, offering enhanced magazine and significantly reduced collateral damaged relative to traditional kinetic energy weapon systems.
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Funded by the Missile Defense Agency, Strategic Illuminator Laser (SILL) is a diode-pumped, solid-state, next-generation illuminator laser.
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Talon is a highly mobile, ground-based, solid state laser system capable of providing U.S. ground forces with a revolutionary multi-role defense like no other against rocket, artillery, mortor (RAM) and other aerial attacks.
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Expected to greatly shorten the timeline for lasers to go from the laboratory onto the battlefield, Vesta's critical features are high power, excellent beam quality, and long run time — all packaged into a compact laser device that represents significant reductions in size and in the weight of the laser from previous systems.
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