Испытания космического бомбардировщика

Оне нервы щекочут обоим сторонам.
Представим далее что лазерным оружием оснащен сверхзвуковой истребитель.- Этож какое светопредставление будет! Лазерное шоу..

>там вафельная стенка выеденная химическим фрезированием..

Ну тогда уж по русски: "химически травленая".

А может, и не травлёная а электроискрированная.

А как там дела с программой лазера для JSF? ограничились словами и презентухами или дело движется все же?

REDONDO BEACH, Calif., June 25, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has entered the integration and test phase for the Joint High Power Solid State Laser (JHPSSL) Phase 3 program after exceeding all demonstration requirements for the first gain module, or building block, that forms the core of its 100 kW solid-state laser system.

The achievement came as the company successfully completed a Critical Design Review conducted by Department of Defense representatives at the company's new Directed Energy Production Facility.

Manufacturing has begun in the new facility, which was designed specifically to produce high-power gain modules beginning with the JHPSSL Phase 3 program. Altogether, there will be 32 gain modules in the company's 100 kW JHPSSL Phase 3 demonstrator.

"This means that Northrop Grumman has designed a 100 kW solid-state laser system that can be efficiently manufactured," said Alexis Livanos, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman's Space Technology sector. "We are gratified by the great confidence shown in our design and analysis for this powerful laser system."

The first gain module demonstrated under the program produced a power level of more than 3.9 kW, operated for 500 seconds at 20.6 percent efficiency, according to Mike McVey, vice president of Directed Energy Systems for Northrop Grumman's Space Technology sector.

Я тут подумал, какие могут быть цели для ABL?
А не могут ли для него быть целями легкие ложные цели - их он как раз прожечь сможет даже в космосе.
То есть - "селекция" легких ложных целей на среднем участке траектории, как раз там, где работают новые перехватчики GDI.

По лазеру новость. Можно с уверенностью предполагать, что к концу года будет готов

The first laser chain (LC1) is a key component to the JHPSSL scaleable architecture, which is designed to combine eight laser chains of four gain modules each. Each laser chain is a compact 15kW solid state laser and the entire system configuration has the potential to achieve greater than 100kW, the ultimate goal of the Phase 3 JHPSSL program. The company's scaleable approach achieves higher power as more chains are added.

The laser chain milestone was demonstrated on Dec. 20, 2007, two days ahead of schedule. Power reached 15.3kW, exceeding the target requirement of 12.7kW; vertical beam quality was measured at 1.58x diffraction limit, surpassing the 2.0 target; turn-on time was 0.8 seconds, below the 1.0 second target; LC1's run time was more than 300 seconds, far beyond the target of 200 seconds; and the Electo-Optical Efficiency was 19.5 percent.
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In 2008, the JHPSSL team will assemble and test Laser Chain 2 (LC2) and integrate it with LC1. The system alignment and phase control of the two chains will then be demonstrated as part of the next major milestone, IFM3. “Completion of the remaining six laser chains and their integration into the final system configuration is on track for a full power system demonstration of 100kW by the end of 2008,'' added Marmo.