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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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UNCLASSIFIED//P&tl 91 I ICIAL USE OHLI [34] Mead, F. B. (2007), "Part II - Experimental 50-cm Laser Ramjet (X-S0LR) Program," Final Report AFRL-RZ-ED-TR-2007-0079, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Edwards AFB, CA. [35] Salvador, I. I., et al. (2010), "Experimental Analysis of a 2-D LightCraft in Static and Hypersonic Conditions," Proc. of the 6 th Int'! Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion, edited by C. R. Phipps, AIP Conference Proc., AIP Press, Melville, NY, in press. UNCLASSIFIED/ 1 F8A 8FFIQIOI IISF ODIi Y; 73
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