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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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A novel new HEL beam control architecture being tested and deployed by the various
directed energy weapons programs that offers reduced complexity and component
count, and combines many functions into a compact arrangement has the following key
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• End-to-end boresight tracker with 0.1 micro-radian root-mean-square accuracy at
10 KHz.
• No beacon illuminator laser (BILL) required.
• Real-time beam quality measurements on target during each engagement.
• Extremely compact and lightweight beam train suitable for ground, airborne and
sea platforms.
• Primary mirror which is also a deformable mirror (DM) and a fast steering mirror
(FSM).
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Figure 33. Notional Long Range HEL Beam Control System (courtesy of the Directed Energy
Professional Society).
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