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New diagnostic system to validate high-power laser weapon performance

From left: Dominick Fasulo, BAE facilities specialist; Chuck Dahl, BAE electrical engineer; Debashis Satpathi, Government Radiometrically-Accurate Instrument for Laser Evaluation Version II, or GRAILE-II, program manager; and Ian Lee, GRAILE-II technical lead at BAE Systems, before transporting GRAILE-II to the Air Force Research Laboratory for system acceptance, ‎Feb. ‎27, ‎2024. The GRAILE-II diagnostic system will be used to validate the performance of the Department of Defense’s most powerful high-energy laser systems. (Courtesy photo / Gina Schreiner)
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New diagnostic system to validate high-power laser weapon performance

Ian Lee, left, BAE Systems Government Radiometrically-Accurate Instrument for Laser Evaluation Version II, or GRAILE-II technical lead and Joseph Cox, center, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, directed energy directorate’s GRAILE-II technical lead, prepare to clean GRAILE-II’s internal optical components while 2nd Lt. Carson McLaughlin, right, AFRL Directed Energy Directorate research physicist, prepares the cleaning apparatus, Feb. ‎27, ‎2024. The GRAILE-II diagnostic system will be used to validate the performance of the Department of Defense’s most powerful high-energy laser systems. (Courtesy photo / Jason Lu)
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New diagnostic system to validate high-power laser weapon performance

Ian Lee, BAE Systems Government Radiometrically-Accurate Instrument for Laser Evaluation Version II, or GRAILE-II technical lead opens the GRAILE-II enclosure in preparation for system cleaning and alignment ‎Feb. ‎27, ‎2024, at at AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base N.M. The GRAILE-II diagnostic system will be used to validate the performance of the Department of Defense’s most powerful high-energy laser systems. (Courtesy photo / Jason Lu)
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New diagnostic system to validate high-power laser weapon performance

Ian Lee, BAE Systems Government Radiometrically-Accurate Instrument for Laser Evaluation Version II, or GRAILE-II technical lead at BAE Systems and 2nd Lt. Carson McLaughlin Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Directed Energy Directorate research physicist, validate GRAILE-II’s functionality using the computer interface ‎Feb. ‎27, ‎2024, at AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base N.M. GRAILE-II is the result of collaborative efforts between the AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate; Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; Test Resource Management Center; Army Program Executive Officer Simulation, Training and Instrumentation; and BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems, Inc. (Courtesy photo / Jason Lu)
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New diagnostic system to validate high-power laser weapon performance

Ian Lee, BAE Systems Government Radiometrically-Accurate Instrument for Laser Evaluation Version II, or GRAILE-II technical lead at BAE Systems, and 2nd Lt. Carson McLaughlin Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Directed Energy Directorate research physicist, pose for a photo while discussing the GRAILE-II validation process ‎Feb. ‎27, ‎2024, at AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base N.M, GRAILE-II is the result of collaborative efforts between the AFRL Directed Energy Directorate; Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; Test Resource Management Center; Army Program Executive Officer Simulation, Training and Instrumentation; and BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems, Inc. (Courtesy photo / Jason Lu)
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New diagnostic system to validate high-power laser weapon performance

Carson McLaughlin, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Directed Energy Directorate research physicist, validates the Government Radiometrically-Accurate Instrument for Laser Evaluation Version II, or GRAILE-II’s optical alignment in preparation for acceptance testing at AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base N.M., ‎Feb. ‎27, ‎2024. The GRAILE-II diagnostic system will be used to validate the performance of the Department of Defense’s most powerful high-energy laser systems. (Courtesy photo / Jason Lu)
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The U.S. Air Force has signed an agreement for joint development of Air Launched UAVs with India’s Defence Research and Development Organization.

210730-F- F3963-1001 Indian Air Force Air Vice Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari, Assistant Chief of Air Staff for Plans, joined by U.S. Navy Captain Michael Farmer, Chief, Office of Defense Cooperation, New Delhi, counter-signs a landmark agreement to co-develop air-launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicles under the U.S.-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative, at Indian Air Force Headquarters in New Delhi, India, on July 30, 2021.
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AFRL establishes one-stop shop for partnerships

U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Farmer, left, chief, Office of Defense Cooperation, New Delhi, shakes hands with Indian air force Air Vice Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari, right, assistant chief of Air Staff for Plans, after Tiwari countersigns an agreement to co-develop air-launched unmanned aerial vehicles under the U.S.-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative, at Indian Air Force headquarters in New Delhi, India, July 30, 2021. The Air Force Research Laboratory stood up a new Strategic Partnering Directorate, or AFRL/SP, to better achieve the Department of the Air Force’s mission and vision of collaborative science and technology partnerships. AFRL/SP will now manage international partnerships for the laboratory. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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