Firestrike High Power Solid State Laser Fires 105kW Beam

Northrop Grumman has claimed a world record achieved by its high-power solid state laser, firing over 105 kilowatts (kW) laser beams from its scalable Firestrike laser building blocks. The test was performed as part of the final demonstration milestone of the U.S. military's Joint High Power Solid State Laser (JHPSSL) program (Phase 3). A government team reviewed results of the demonstration during a System Test Data Review held Feb. 10 at Northrop Grumman's Directed Energy Production Facility in Redondo Beach, Calif.

The achievements included turn-on time of less than one second and continuous operating time of five minutes, with very good efficiency and beam quality. Leading to this achievement, Northrop Grumman reported last year reaching a JHPSSL Phase 3 power level of 15.3kW in March and a power level of 30kW in September.

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Northrop Grumman Introduces a new Weaponized Solid-State Laser

The new Firestrike 15kW laser source can be employed as stand-alone system or be stacked into high power directed energy weapon systems

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is introducing a new, fully developed 'weapon-class' high power solid-state laser dubbed 'Firestrike', designed as a ruggedized, line replaceable unit (LRU) for battlefield applications. According to the company, the new laser can be stacked in scalable designs for much higher power, based on laser beam combining architecture validated by the company's Joint High Power Solid State Laser program, Vesta and Vesta II. (more...)

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