ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,787, issued on April 22, was assigned to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (McLean, Va.).
"Modular compact high energy laser system" was invented by Jennifer Riley (Fredericksburg, Va.), Edward Merryman (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Joseph Shepard (Fredericksburg, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a directed energy system that has a compact and modular configuration and that enables movement/assembly by a two-user team. The directed energy system includes one or more high-power laser sources that house one or more high-power fiber amplifiers, a beam combiner optically coupled to the one or more high-power laser sources, a beam direct...