Shielding Orion

Armstrong Optical Ltd. of Northampton, UK, and Sydor Optics Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., have been awarded a contract to supply optical debris shields for Project Orion, the Atomic Weapons Establishment’s replacement high-energy laser facility. Project Orion will be the successor to the Helen (high-energy laser-embodying neodymium) laser facility, which has been operational since the late 1970s.





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