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MDA Examining New Pulsed Laser Directed Energy Project

Friday, February 12th, 2021

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MDA Examining New Pulsed Laser Directed Energy Project

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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is asking industry for pulsed laser prototype ideas a year after the Defense Department moved previous directed energy funds out of the agency. According to a Request For Information (RFI) issued February 11, MDA “is interested in the applicability of pulsed laser weapons against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats in all phases of flight.” The solicitation said in this case a pulsed laser weapon “could have a nanosecond, picosecond, or femtosecond pulse width.” MDA…

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