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Powerful Pitches: Sailors Share Ideas to Improve Navy during S&T Challenge

Posted on June 7, 2016 by challer

A $10 accessory that prevents debris from damaging a $2 million piece of equipment. Updating old-school communications like Morse code with lasers and infrared light. Creating a hydrogen-gasoline fuel hybrid to lessen the thirst for fossil fuels.
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Posted in Articles, DoDLive Science, Featured, Research, Rotator, Technology | Tagged Athena DC 1.0, Department of Defense (DoD), DoD, DOD and science, DoD Armed with Science, fossil fuels, hydrogen-gasoline fuel hybrid, infrared light, lasers, Morse code, navy, Office of Naval Research, S&T Challenge, sailors, Sea-Air-Space Exposition, Warren Duffie | Comments Off

Lasers, Polar Ice and Satellites: Navy S&T Spotlighted in New Issue of Future Force

Posted on March 24, 2016 by challer

Future Force seeks to inform readers about basic and applied research and advanced technologies funded by the Department of the Navy.
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Posted in Articles, DoDLive Science, Earth Sciences, Featured, Life Sciences, Research, Rotator | Tagged Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Defense's (DoD) Public Affairs, DoD, Future Force, lasers, Navy Science and Technology, Polar Ice, satellites, Warren Duffie | Comments Off

Meet the Scientists: Dr. Burton Neuner III

Posted on March 16, 2015 by jtozer

Meet the scientists: Dr. Burton Neuner III is a man who continually asks “why” and knows that discovering the answer is just part of the path to knowledge.
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Posted in Articles, Featured, Lasers, Meet the Scientists | Tagged Advanced Photonic Technologies Branch, armed with science, DOD Science, dod tech, Dr. Burton Neuner III, free-space infrared radiation, Free-space optical communications, ideal laser wavelength, improved RF analysis, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, laser-based photonic integrated circuits, lasers, Meet the Scientists, metamaterials, Navy Warfare Centers, OCOMMS undersea, optical methods, Physicist at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, plasmonics, science, scientists, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, SSC Pacific, University of Texas at Austin | Comments Off

(U.S. Defense Department graphic illustration by Jessica L. Tozer/Released)

The Navy Laser Is On Board!

Posted on December 19, 2014 by jtozer

The laser weapon system (LaWS) was, for the first time, successfully deployed and operated aboard a naval vessel in the Persian Gulf!
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Posted in Articles, Engineering, Lasers | Tagged (LaWS, armed with science, Chief of Naval Research, everybody loves lasers, existing ship defense systems, government lasers, ideo-game like controller, Laser Weapon System, lasers, Naval Future Force Science and Technology EXPO, naval research laboratory, naval sea systems command, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Office of Naval Research, onr, Rear Adm. Matthew L. Klunder, U.S. Navy, USS Ponce | Comments Off

The Navy’s Record-breaking Laser

Posted on August 14, 2014 by jtozer

A set of experiments conducted on the Nike krypton fluoride (KrF) laser at NRL has earned the Guinness World Records title for “Highest Projectile Velocity”.
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Posted in Articles, Lasers | Tagged Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration, DOD Science, Guinness World Records, high energy density research, Highest Projectile Velocity, inertial confinement fusion, KrF, lasers, Nike krypton fluoride, NRL Plasma Physics Division, Osaka University's Institute of Laser Engineering, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 2 Comments

Ground-based Lasers = Bad News for Bad Guys

Posted on June 24, 2014 by jtozer

Prepare for the era of laser weapons – In the wake of the laser being put on the USS Ponce this summer, ONR is developing a similar weapon to be used on ground vehicles.
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Posted in Articles, Lasers | Tagged (LaWS, armed with science, AWS, Chief Technology Office Group, Corporate Strategic Communications, Department of Defense, Department of Defense High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office, directed energy weapons, DOD Science, DoD science blog, first laser weapon on a ship, Future Naval Capabilities, GBAD, Ground-Based Air Defense Directed Energy On-the-Move, high-powered microwave, high-powered radio frequency, Jessica L. Tozer, Laser Weapon System, laser-based naval warfare, lasergence, lasers, naval sea systems command, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, NAVSEA, navy, Navy Capt. Mike Ziv, Navy’s DEP, Navy’s Directed Energy Program, Office of Naval Research, official DoD science blog, phaser-like laser weapon, phasers, science, science blog of the DoD, science-fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, storm troopers, U.S. Navy, UAV, UAV technology, unmanned aerial vehicles, USS Ponce | 1 Comment

Excalibur! Extending the Reach of High Energy Lasers

Posted on March 27, 2014 by jtozer

Excalibur! This DARPA demonstration expands the capability of high power optical phased arrays driven by fiber laser amplifiers.
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Posted in Articles, DoDLive Science, Lasers, Technology | Tagged armed with science, army, atmospheric turbulence, conventional optics, DARPA, Excalibur fiber optic laser arrays, Excalibur program, fiber laser amplifiers, HEL, High-energy lasers, laser beams, laser irradiance, lasers, leading to diffuse, legacy laser systems, Marine Corps, navy, near-perfect correction, OPA, optical phased array, power, power efficiencies, requirements (, shifted and splotchy laser endpoints, size, static optically aberrated atmosphere, SWaP, SWaP limitations, weight | Comments Off

Lasers, Rail Guns, and the Future of the Navy

Lasers, Rail Guns and the Future of the U.S. Navy

Posted on March 6, 2014 by jtozer

It’s a new era: the Navy is about to take a big step for military-kind. This summer they will add the first ship-mounted laser to their fleet, and that’s just the beginning.
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Posted in Articles, Featured, Lasers, Technology, Videos | Tagged (LaWS, armed with science, AWS, Chief Technology Office Group, Department of Defense, directed energy weapons, DOD Science, DoD science blog, high-powered microwave, high-powered radio frequency, Jessica L. Tozer, Laser Weapon System, laser-based naval warfare, lasergence, lasers, naval sea systems command, NAVSEA, Navy Capt. Mike Ziv, Navy’s DEP, Navy’s Directed Energy Program, official DoD science blog, phaser-like laser weapon, phasers, science, science blog of the DoD, science-fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, storm troopers, U.S. Navy, UAV, USS Ponce | Comments Off