Patent ID: 8654314
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: F41A,F41H

Abstract:
1. A high power laser beam delivery system, the system comprising: a rotary turret platform rotatable along multiple axes for aiming of a high power laser beam; a turret payload device coupled to the rotary turret platform, that is a truncated sphere having a substantially flat side and a substantially spherical side, and configured to rapidly deploy from a vehicle and stow within the vehicle, wherein the turret platform is rotatable along a first dimension for deployment of the spherical side and is rotatable along the first dimension for deployment of the substantially flat side, wherein the substantially flat side of the turret platform substantially conforms to a vehicle surface when the turret platform is in a stowed position; at least two conformal windows in the spherical side of the turret payload device; an off-axis telescope coupled to the turret payload device, having an articulated secondary mirror for correcting optical aberrations, and configured to reflect the high power laser beam to a target through a first of the at least two conformal windows; an illuminator beam device coupled to the turret payload device and configured to detect atmospheric disturbance between the system and the target by actively illuminating the target to generate a return aberrated wavefront through a first of the at least two conformal windows; and a coarse tracker coupled to the turret payload device, positioned parallel to and on an axis of revolution of the off-axis telescope, and configured to detect, acquire, and track the target through a second of the at least two conformal windows.