DTN News: Boeing Prepares To Install Beam Control System On High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator....NSI News Source Info # 1163

DTN News: Boeing Prepares To Install Beam Control System On High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator....NSI News Source Info # 1163
(NSI News Source Info) HUNTSVILLE, Ala., - October 29, 2010: The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that its High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) team in Huntsville is installing subassemblies on the Oshkosh Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT), while a HEL TD team in Albuquerque, N.M., is integrating the laser beam director assembly with the beam control system.
These technical integration tasks are being performed to prepare for installation of the beam control system on the HEMTT later this year.
HEL TD is a solid-state laser system demonstrator that will verify the ability to shoot down rockets, artillery and mortars. Boeing is developing the system under contract to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.com/2010/10/dtn-news-boeing-prepares-to-install.html