USAF to conduct high-energy laser beam control testing at Kirtland AFB

By Leigh Giangreco / June 3, 2016 at 12:00 PM
The Air Force is looking to conduct high-energy laser beam control research using its small-scale wind tunnel and tactical beam control laboratory housed at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, according to a May 18 request for information posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website. The research would support the service's Beam Control and Aero-Effects Research and Development (BARD), an effort continuing advances in state-of-the-art beam control systems for a supersonic flow environment. BARD is separate from another Air Force effort,...

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