Laser-communication cooperative research and development agreement between Air Force Phillips Lab and Ball Aerospace

David L. Begley; Robert L. Kehr; Anthony W. Sarto; William Casey; Everett L. Coffelt; Alan Goodrich; William E. Thompson

doi:10.1117/12.273691

24 April 1997 Laser-communication cooperative research and development agreement between Air Force Phillips Lab and Ball Aerospace

David L. Begley, Robert L. Kehr, Anthony W. Sarto, William Casey, Everett L. Coffelt, Alan Goodrich, William E. Thompson

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Proceedings Volume 2990, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies IX; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273691
Event: Photonics West '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of a cooperative research and development program between Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. and the Air Force Phillips Laboratory for laser communications. This effort employs hardware and equipment originally developed to support the crosslinking between geostationary Defense Support Program surveillance satellites. This joint activity modifies the existing hardware for ground based demonstrations and simulations focuses at risk reduction for future applications and technology insertion into operational architectures meeting future commercial, civil, and DOD communications requirements. The ultimate goal of the program is to produce hardware for a near term flight demonstration. A brief overview of the capabilities of the existing hardware will be presented followed by a status of the development efforts and future plans.

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David L. Begley, Robert L. Kehr, Anthony W. Sarto, William Casey, Everett L. Coffelt, Alan Goodrich, and William E. Thompson "Laser-communication cooperative research and development agreement between Air Force Phillips Lab and Ball Aerospace", Proc. SPIE 2990, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies IX, (24 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273691

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