unit (1975-1984, in storage.) Development of airborne lasers in the United States began with the Airborne Laser Laboratory (ALL) developed at the USAF Weapons...
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Lidar (redirect from Airborne laser bathymetry)
the shorter 1,000 nm infrared laser. Airborne topographic mapping lidars generally use 1,064 nm diode-pumped YAG lasers, while bathymetric (underwater...
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A laser weapon is a type of directed-energy weapon that uses lasers to inflict damage. Whether they will be deployed as practical, high-performance military...
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Laser, is a 20 kW COIL laser tested by the United States Air Force in around 1998. COIL is a component of the United States' military airborne laser and...
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materials. Lasers have been used aboard spacecraft such as in the Cassini-Huygens mission. In astronomy, lasers have been used to create artificial laser guide...
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designed to intercept aerial threats such as drones, missiles, and other airborne targets and even small boats. It was designed and manufactured by Lockheed...
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for Airborne Platforms ASELSAN LİS for Naval Platforms ASELSAN TLUS for Ground Platforms AN/AVR-2 LWS at fas (airborne) Goodrich AN/VVR-1 Laser Warning...
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first vehicle so-equipped with such a system. Both systems used ruby lasers. Laser rangefinders are used extensively in 3D object recognition, 3D object...
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The Laser Airborne Depth Sounder (LADS) Flight was a unit of the Royal Australian Navy. Unlike the rest of the flying units of the RAN, it was not controlled...
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Beriev A-60 (category Military lasers)
airborne laser laboratory aircraft based on the Ilyushin Il-76MD transport— it was originally developed in the former Soviet Union for its airborne forces...
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such high-powered lasers. Despite the disclaimers, such lasers are frequently sold in packaging resembling that for laser pointers. Lasers of this type may...
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A chemical laser is a laser that obtains its energy from a chemical reaction. Chemical lasers can reach continuous wave output with power reaching to megawatt...
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custom He-Ne laser. Today, most modern laser sights are solid-state lasers, as opposed to the original gas design. Modern weapon-mounted lasers and combat...
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military) applications. Gas laser Chemical laser Carbon-dioxide laser "History of Gas Lasers, Part 1—Continuous Wave Gas Lasers" Archived 2017-09-28 at the...
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A laser designator is a laser light source which is used to designate a target. Laser designators provide targeting for laser-guided bombs, missiles,...
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"Drones, lasers, and tanks: China shows off its latest weapons". Popular Science. June 1, 2018. "'SILENT HUNTER' - Chinese laser gun DOWNS drone...
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concentration resembles machining silicon nitride. A laser printer uses a laser because lasers are able to form highly focused, precise, and intense...
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Bathymetry (section Airborne laser bathymetry)
systems are the Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne Lidar Survey (SHOALS) and the Laser Airborne Depth Sounder (LADS). SHOALS was first developed...
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Battlefield illumination (redirect from Battlefield Illumination Airborne System)
create "artificial moonlight" on battlefields. The Battlefield Illumination Airborne System (BIAS) was an illumination system consisting of a lamp assembly...
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effects. Lasers are used in industry and research, such as in atmospheric remote sensing, and as guide stars in adaptive optics astronomy. Lasers and searchlights...
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hand-held Airborne Laser Designator to guide the bombs, but half of the LGBs still hit their targets despite the difficulties inherent in keeping the laser on...
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parameters can be adapted as desired, free-electron lasers are tunable and can be built for a wider frequency range than any other type of laser, currently...
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secretly developed radar-invisible B-2 variant, which carries an airborne "COIL" chemical laser powerful enough to shoot down missiles in mid-flight, featured...
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Iron Beam (category Military lasers)
David's Sling and Iron Dome. Iron Beam uses a fiber laser to generate a laser beam to destroy an airborne target. Whether acting as a stand-alone system or...
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2S25 Sprut-SD (category Airborne tanks)
battle tank and as maneuverable and amphibious as airborne infantry combat vehicles. The 2S25 can be used by units of ground forces and naval infantry...
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Projects Agency (DARPA). Liquid lasers that have large cooling systems can fire continuous beams, while solid state laser beams are more intense but generally...
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North Oscura Peak (section Airborne Laser program)
with associated power to operate the LAD (Laser Acquisition and Direction) system. It was named the Laser Airborne Simulation and Test (LAST) Site. This was...
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BMD-1 (category Airborne fighting vehicles)
Машина Десанта, which literally translates to "Combat Vehicle of the Airborne"). It can be dropped by parachute and although it resembles the BMP-1 it is...
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Targeting pod (section Laser designators)
easily detected by adversaries, providing less warning to the target. Lasers can also provide more accurate ranging data for aerial gunnery. AN/AVQ-11...
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The FILAT (Forward-Looking Infrared and Laser Attack Targeting) pod is an airborne targeting pod designed to provide aircraft with all weather/night attack...
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