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Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Feb 15, 2006 Drawing on two decades of experience developing and producing laser warning solutions for military aircraft, BAE Systems has announced its entry into the market for ground-based laser warning sensors. The technology is designed to protect ground crews and vehicles by improving situational awareness and guarding against laser-designated and -guided weapons. "The same advanced laser warning capability that protects hundreds of military aircraft is now available to safeguard soldiers and military assets on the ground," said Evan Corwin, Laser Warning Systems program manager for BAE Systems in Austin, Texas. "This technology is smaller, lighter, and more affordable than competing ground-based systems and has been proven extensively on both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft." BAE Systems is displaying the technology at the Association of the U.S. Army's Winter Symposium in Fort Lauderdale (booth # 2522). BAE Systems' laser warning solutions provide reliable laser threat warning that can include threat-class identification and mid- to high-resolution angle-of-arrival data within milliseconds of laser illumination. The technology can detect very-low-energy threats at a safe distance while maintaining industry-leading false-alarm rates. Based on systems developed for aircraft and deployed on more than 1,500 Air Force, Navy, and Army helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, the technology is about one-third the size and weight of competing systems and is about one-third the cost. BAE Systems has been developing and producing tactical warning receivers for more than 20 years. Its products are used domestically and internationally, and the technology is licensed for use in commercial systems. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links BAE Systems Space Technology News - Applications and Research
Textron Systems Develops Joint High Powered Solid State Laser
Wilmington MA (SPX) Feb 16, 2006Textron Systems has announced that it has been awarded a contract by U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command to develop and demonstrate high-power solid-state laser technology. The contract supports the Joint Technology Office's Joint High Power Solid State Laser Program Phase III activity to develop a laboratory-demonstrated 100 kW solid-state laser. |
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