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Northrop Grumman Death Star Lasers Are Weapons-Grade, Could Be Out in 2008 [Pew Pew]

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2008-09-02 20:40:00 by Adrian Covert in Gizmodo
...Northrop Grumman's upcoming solid state laser system to the Death Star. Promised to arrive before the end of 2008, and far earlier than Boeing's 25kW laser , it's supposed to have 100 kilowatts of power (SERIOUS pew pew action) and make use of multiple, less powerful lasers to form one giant one (see also: Voltron Northrop Grumman calls the...
 
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Northrop Grumman's laser system passes second major milestone

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2008-03-12 14:45:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...Northrop Grumman it was making some steady progress towards a weapons-grade laser system, and it now looks like that's even closer to becoming a reality, with the company announcing that the system has passed its second major milestone with flying colors. According to the company, the key "laser chain" component was demonstrated on December...
 
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Northrop Grummans laser system passes second major milestone

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2008-03-12 19:45:00 by Donald Melanson in
...Northrop Grumman it was making some steady progress towards a weapons-grade laser system, and it now looks like that's even closer to becoming a reality, with the company announcing that the system has passed its second major milestone with flying colors. According to the company, the key "laser chain" component was demonstrated on December...
 
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Northrop Grummans laser system passes second major milestone

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2008-03-12 22:03:57 by admin in Cool Gadgets and Gizmos
...Northrop Grumman it was making some steady progress towards a weapons-grade laser system, and it now looks like thats even closer to becoming a reality, with the company announcing that the system has passed its second major milestone with flying colors. According to the company, the key laser chain component was demonstrated on December...
 
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Northrop Grumman's weaponized laser on sale now, definitely won't hug you

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2008-11-14 14:47:00 by Laura June in Engadget
...Northrop Grumman's development of a weaponized laser system, they were telling us that the " hardest part was over ," and it looks like they weren't exaggerating. According to today's PR released by the 4th largest defense contractor in the world, the units, dubbed FIRESTRIKE, are now "ready for sale." In case you haven't been following every...
 
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Northrop Grumman lands contract to develop threat-sensing binoculars

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2008-06-10 03:39:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...Northrop Grumman today announcing that it's snagged a $6.7 million contract to further develop its Human-aided Optical Recognition/Notification of Elusive Threats (or HORNET) system. That'll use electro-encephalogram electrodes placed on a soldier's scalp to monitor their neural responses to the presence or absence of potential threats, which...
 
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Northrop Grumman wins $6.7 million contract to develop Brain-Wave Binoculars

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2008-06-23 10:00:06 by HASH0x8b52ed8 in Newlaunches.com
...Northrop Grumman. They say that the electrodes placed on the scalp of the soldier will use his electrical brain activity. Responses will train the system over time to recognize actual threats at greater distances than conventional binoculars. A customized helmet fitted with wide-angle binoculars capable of producing high-resolution images and...
 
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Northrop Grumman's aircraft-mounted laser moves forward in testing

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2008-07-30 13:10:00 by Darren Murph in Engadget
...Northrop Grumman's Guardian anti-missile system took off ; now, we're back to the testing stage? Something doesn't add up. Whatever the case, we're being fed information that leads us to think that the US Air Force's Airborne Laser has moved on to some "other" stage of testing. More specifically, engineers are making sure its "sequencing and...
 
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B-2 Stealth Bomber Crashes, 1.2 Billion Dollars Turn to Smoke [Kaboom]

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2008-02-24 12:00:27 by Jesus Diaz in Gizmodo
...Northrop Grumman stealth plane ever manufactured. It fell to the ground right after take-off for "unknown reasons" at the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. Both pilots ejected to safety and video footage of the aftermath shows a big mess on the ground The B-2 Spirit follows the same ideas pioneered by John Knudsen Northrop, who founded...
 
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