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Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Originally posted by IROC
The laser has been "developed" in that they have a working scaled-down version right now. We are currently putting together the full-scale version. It's a butt-kicker.
My job was to design the mechanism that deploys the turret (with the optics in it) out of the bottom of the C-130. For those of you familiar with a C-130 - there's very little clearance between the belly of fuselage and the ground, so we have to "deploy" or lower the turret in flight to acquire targets and fire the laser.
Neat stuff.
Mike
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Mike,
I remember seeing something like this in a Boeing B747 a few years back, but it was really large and needed a really big airplane to carry everything. Can I ask how the power is generated for the laser? If its classified, just say so but would think that something like that needs a lot of juice. Have seen some "special ops" Herc's with power generator pods on hard points on the wings, might be one way to run it...
Glad to see it be able to fit in a Herc, as that means it can be taken anywhere in the world in a day or so.
Joe A
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