By Ann Roosevelt For the first time, a solid-state laser (SSL) has reached weapons grade power of interest to the Army as a Northrop Grumman [NOC] laser produced more than 100 kilowatts (kW) in a lab. "It's a culminating achievement for the solid state laser program," Dan Wildt, vice president of Directed Energy Systems for Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems sector, said in a teleconference yesterday. "We're doing our part to make gunpowder a 20th century technology," he said. A Joint…
Army Interest Grows As Northrop Grumman Laser Hits New Power Level
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