Bill Hart, vice president of space systems at Raytheon, said Wednesday the laser will be based on planar waveguide technology and have a compact design for use on mobile platforms.
The $11 million contract was awarded under ONR’s Ground Based Air Defense Directed Energy On-the-Move Future Naval Capabilities program.
Raytheon said the program seeks to develop a short-range laser device, with at least 25 kilowatts of power output, to be fitted onto the Marine Corpss‘ Humvees.