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Air Force Awards Contract for New Tech to Combat Laser Attacks

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, August 13th, 2018

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Air Force Awards Contract for New Tech to Combat Laser Attacks

An artist's rendering of a fighter jet armed with a laser weapon. (Credit: Air Force Research Lab)

The Air Force last Friday awarded UES Inc., a Dayton, Ohio-based science-and-technology firm, a $49.1 million contract to develop new technologies to help counter laser attacks against its aircraft.The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development is associated with the service’s flash and laser airborne protection system (FLAPS) program. The contract, managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, allows for “exploratory and advanced research and development of materials and technologies to control, manipulate, and protect against photonic energy,” according to the…

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