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HRL to Develop Innovative Photonic-Based, Beam-Forming and Sensing Technologies as Part of SWEEPER Program

MALIBU, Calif., September 30, 2010—HRL Laboratories, LLC, has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a novel, chip-scale optical phased array device as part of the Short-range Wide-field -of-view Extremely Agile Electronically Steered Photonic Emitter, or SWEEPER Program.

The goal of SWEEPER is to develop a new, versatile technology to power a variety of sensing systems for surveillance, 3D imaging, precision targeting, fusing, navigation, chemical and bio sensing, and other applications. Current opto-mechanical and electro-optical systems are either too bulky in size or cannot provide the beam-steering speed and versatility necessary for many applications.

Leading an industry team, HRL will develop a chip-scale optical phased array with more than 4000 elements that is capable of generating high-power, single or multiple independent, optical beams with narrow beam width and high positional accuracy.

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HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, California (www.hrl.com) is a corporate research-and-development laboratory owned by The Boeing Company and General Motors specializing in research into sensors and materials, information and systems sciences, applied electromagnetics, and microelectronics. HRL provides custom research and development and performs additional R&D contract services for its LLC member companies, the U.S. government, and other commercial companies.

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