Tactical Beam Director for Airborne High Energy Laser Applications Navy SBIR FY2009.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2009.1 Topic No.: N091-009 Topic Title: Tactical Beam Director for Airborne High Energy Laser Applications Proposal No.: N091-009-0460 Firm: MZA Associates Corporation 2021 Girard SE Suite 150 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106-3140 Contact: Don Washburn Phone: (505) 245-9970 Web Site: http://mza.com Abstract: This Phase I SBIR will design a 30 cm beam director for HEL airborne tactical applications for a variety of Navy Missions. The beam director is to exhibit minimal weight and footprint. The beam director itself will be composite structure with at least 2 radians per second angular velocity and 2 radians per second squared acceleration capability. It is expected that the beam director will have an unobscured aperture and be capable of power loadings of up to 300 kW. Benefits: The proposed gimbal system will provide a lightweight, compact, highly stable tactical HEL laser projection device that when coupled with the emerging compact, lightweight laser systems currently under development, will make many military applications of HEL technology available that would not otherwise be feasible. Examples include urban ops and force protection from UAVs, Army fighting vehicles, combat aircraft, and helicopter pods; tactical offensive missions from various aircraft including an F-18 pod; Bomber (B1) and other aircraft self defense missions. Return