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Meeting ‘Military Specification’ Helicopter Requirements a ‘Game Changer’ for Spectrolab, President Says

By Brian Garrett-Glaser

Tuesday, March 5th, 2019

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Meeting ‘Military Specification’ Helicopter Requirements a ‘Game Changer’ for Spectrolab, President Says

A CH-47 night sling-load operation in Afghanistan in May, 2013. The Chinook tested a new Spectrolab search light last year. (SpectroLab)

ATLANTA-- Founded by the late physicist and entrepreneur Alfred Mann in 1956--a year before the Soviet Sputnik launch, Spectrolab has focused its business on solar space cell research and production of such cells for powering NASA and other satellites and space systems. That research migrated into the realm of high power search lights for rotor craft, and 4,000 such Spectrolab lights are now in the field--70 percent domestically and 30 percent internationally, Anthony Mueller, the president of Spectrolab, said in…

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]