Defense Intelligence Reference Document Laser Lightcraft Nanosatellites

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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 1 November 2010, was produced under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It describes nanosatellite technologies and proposes launching nanosats into orbit with laser Lightcraft propulsion. It also covers a weapon mission selection study and multi-megawatt laser options. The author recommends that the Department of Defense and NASA bring Lightcraft R&D back to the United States and restart the X-50LR flight demonstration program.

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p. 2 …b)/3):10 USC 424 !Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program.omments or questions pertaining…
p. 3 …Laser Lightcraft Weapon Mission Selection Study .................................. 27 Chapter 4: Summary of Multi-Megawatt Laser Study for…
p. 31 …Laser Lightcraft Weapon Mission Selection Study The objective of the Froning and Davis 26 study was…
p. 52 …Even though 100 kW beam power has long been the proof-of-principle sought for weapons…
p. 53 UNCLASSIFIED//F&II. &FFll!IAI! l!l!il! 9Hl:Y achieved by laser weapons with 25…
p. 57 …such systems have already been modified for weapons applications with a goal toward achieving > 100 kW…
p. 64 …The Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) Directed Energy and Electric Weapon Systems (DE&EWS) Program…
p. 67 …HEL weapons usually have high-power optical trains containing more than a dozen mirrors. However, these…
p. 68 …and deployed by the various directed energy weapons programs that offers reduced complexity and component count…
p. 69 …the high precision required for a HEL Weapon, The sensor and Beam Expander must maintain precise…
p. 71 …done by the various DoD directed energy weapons/HEL programs can be immediately leveraged for laser…
p. 72 …ground/sea- or airborne-launched kinetic kill weapons to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles. Very innovative…
p. 73 …explored by the various DoD directed energy weapons programs offer higher electrical-to-optical efficiencies and…
p. 76 …E. (2009), Effects of Directed Energy Weapons: High Power Lasers, High Power Microwaves, and Particle Beams…

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