Preliminary Design Of Free Electron Laser Weapon Completed
by Staff Writers
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Mar 19, 2010

Boeing has successfully completed the preliminary design of the U.S. Navy's Free Electron Laser (FEL) weapon system, a key step toward building a FEL prototype for realistic tests at sea.

During the preliminary design review held March 9 to March 11 at a Boeing facility in Arlington, Va., the company presented its design to more than 30 U.S. government and National Laboratory representatives. This electric laser will operate by passing a beam of high-energy electrons through a series of powerful magnetic fields, generating an intense emission of laser light that can disable or destroy targets.

"The Free Electron Laser will use a ship's electrical power to create, in effect, unlimited ammunition and provide the ultra-precise, speed-of-light capability required to defend U.S. naval forces against emerging threats, such as hyper-velocity cruise missiles," said Gary Fitzmire, vice president and program director of Boeing Directed Energy Systems.

"The successful completion of this preliminary design review is an important milestone in developing a weapon system that will transform naval warfare."
In April 2009, Boeing was awarded an Office of Naval Research contract valued at up to $163 million - with an initial task order of $6.9 million - to begin developing FEL.

The Navy is expected to decide this summer whether to award additional task orders to Boeing to complete the FEL design and build and operate a laboratory demonstrator.

Boeing Missile Defense Systems' Directed Energy Systems unit in Albuquerque and the Boeing Research and Technology group in Seattle support the FEL program. The company has partnered with U.S. Department of Energy laboratories, academia and industry partners to design the laser.

Boeing is developing laser systems for a variety of defense applications. Besides FEL, these systems include the Airborne Laser Test Bed, the High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator, and Laser Avenger, among others.

Sounds cool,... and useful.

Just think how many brown people we can kill with that sum'bitch,

Naw ,thats assigned to Russia and China,OR an Obizzo Mattel
saber ratteling aimed at the monkey muzz in Iran..I bet its far more operational than they are letting on and it would be a superb weapon in the Hormuz..

"Boeing - - The World Of Tomorrow - Today."

Let's hope Barry doesn't need the money for his people in the "Ghetto".

Go Boeing

--- FFx3

Too bad Boeing can't seem to handle the contract for border
security.

The first permanent segment of the virtual fence — a 23-mile stretch near Sasabe, Ariz. — was supposed to be turned over to the Border Patrol by the main contractor, Boeing Co., for testing in January. The handover was delayed by problems involving video recording equipment.

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