AAWSAP DIRD, Laser Lightcraft Nanosatellites, November 2010

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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
features: **
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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.
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Real-time beam quality measurements on target during each engagement.
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Extremely compact and lightweight beam train suitable for ground, airborne and
sea platforms.
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Primary mirror which is also a deformable mirror (DM) and a fast steering mirror
(FSM).
Alignment
Sensor
lor
Inertial
Platrorm
Local-loop
Wavefront
Sensor
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Propagation
Through
Atmosphere
(or space)
Luer Device
Module
Figure 33. Notional Long Range HEL Beam Control System (courtesy of the Directed Energy
Professional Society).
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