US Patent Issued to Raytheon on Sept. 8 for "Combined high-energy laser (HEL) system or other system and laser detection and ranging (LADAR) system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,221, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Combined high-energy laser (HEL) system or other system and laser detection and ranging (LADAR) system" was invented by Joseph Marron (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Joseph M. Fukumoto (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a laser source configured to generate laser energy and a LADAR source configured to generate LADAR energy. The system also includes a beam director configured to direct the laser energy as a laser beam towards a target and to direct the LADAR energy as a LADAR beam towards the target. The system further inc...