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Army

Boeing To Continue High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator Work

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, October 4th, 2012

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Boeing [BA] yesterday said it would continue developing a truck-mounted directed energy system to improve soldiers' ability to counter rockets, artillery, mortars and unmanned aerial threats under a $16.18 million follow-on contract from Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC). 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. The laser and subsystems are integrated aboard an Oshkosh [OSK] Heavy Expanded Mobility…

Congress

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Congress

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