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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2019
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Dennis Braunreiter, San Diego, CA (US);
Aaron Stonely, McKinney, TX (US);
Daniel Young, Allen, TX (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a high energy laser (HEL) configured to transmit a HEL beam aimed at a first location on an airborne target. The system also includes a beacon illuminator laser (BIL) configured to transmit a BIL beam aimed at a second location on the target, wherein the second location is offset from the first location. The system also includes at least one fast steering mirror (FSM) configured to steer the BIL beam to be spatially and angularly offset from the HEL beam. The system also includes at least one Coudé path FSM configured to simultaneously receive both the HEL beam and the BIL beam and steer the HEL beam and the BIL beam to correct for atmospheric jitter of the HEL beam and the BIL beam while maintaining the offset of the BIL beam from the HEL beam.