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Lockheed Secures DARPA Contract for High-Energy Laser Tech Development

Lockheed Secures DARPA Contract for High-Energy Laser Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event

Lockheed Martin‘s Aculight business will help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop a laser tile under its Modular Efficient Laser Technology program

The one-year, $12.8 million contract covers the creation of the technology to serve as the building block for panelized and scalable high-energy laser source, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Eighty-one percent or majority of the work will be performed in Bothell, Washington, while the remaining percentage will be conducted in Moorestown, New Jersey; and Sunnyvale, California. 

Lockheed Martin Aculight secured the contract following a competitive process that gained eight other offerers. 

The Lockheed business joins Northrop Grumman, which will also work on producing a laser tile for the MELT program

The DARPA-led program aims to develop a modular laser tile as the building block for panelized, compact and scalable high-energy sources.

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Written by Regina Garcia

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