Optoelectronic experts from American companies are conducting material tests, hoping to help protect US and Allied sensors and military systems from lasers and laser pointer weapons. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and UES broke through the blue system survivability laser materials program contract, valued at $ 44.7 million.
US Air Force officials believe that the blue system survivability laser materials plan to study material interaction effects and responses to external sources in advance. The company’s experts will transform and adopt a variety of materials to support technology development projects and achieve a variety of material applications. The company will determine the impact of lasers on materials, structures and sensors, and provide advanced laser hardening materials and technologies, including existing or newly developed materials, which can be used in structures, integrated optics and detector technologies, and for sensing or imaging applications Materials and components.
Experts will use a variety of materials to conduct material reaction experiments, analyze material degradation, characterize hardened materials, and evaluate the green laser pointer effect on component system response and optical induction. The experiment will be conducted in a laboratory, sports field or under certain conditions to simulate the impact of the atmosphere, flight and space environment on the performance of the material.
Focus on the characterization and modeling of advanced structural alloys and intermetallic compounds, light metal alloys, ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. Therefore, the company has also carried out advanced analysis and experimental research on aviation weapon power supply system, power system, energy conversion and storage, and supersonic structural integrity. This work was carried out at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and is expected to be completed in June 2023.