Endurance
Abstract
The Endurance program will develop technology for pod- or internally-mounted lasers to protect a variety of airborne platforms from emerging and legacy electro-optical IR guided surface-to-air missiles. The Endurance system will be a completely self-contained laser weapon system brassboard in an open architecture configuration. The focus of the Endurance effort under MT-15 will be to develop and test integrated subsystems, such as a laser subsystem, a command subsystem, a threat missile warning subsystem, a target acquisition and tracking subsystem, a beam control and director subsystem, an energy storage and electrical power delivery subsystem, a thermal management subsystem a mechanical support framework, subsystem interfaces, and the design, integration, and testing of a form/fit/function brassboard laser countermeasure. This program is an early application of technology developed in the Excalibur program and will transition via industry. Applied research for this program is budgeted in PE 0602702E, Project TT-06.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 4a0975f663a159f69953c5e38bfb0dbb