An aircraft, comprising: a fuselage and at least one aerodynamic interface surface; a gimbaled mirror system comprising a mirror supported by a gimbal to receive a light beam from a light emitting source and reflect the light beam to a first periscope fold mirror; a gyro sensor coupled to the mirror and configured to sense movement of the mirror; an embedded processor coupled to the gimbaled mirror system, wherein the gyro sensor is coupled to the embedded processor to forward data about movement of the mirror supported by the gimbal and wherein the embedded processor is configured to send commands to the gimbal to move the mirror supported by the gimbal; and a wavefront measuring system comprising at least five reflective mirrors, comprising: a second periscope fold mirror configured to receive the reflected light beam directly from the first periscope fold mirror of the gimbaled mirror system, a first concave off-axis paraboloid mirror configured to receive the light beam reflected from the second periscope fold mirror, a first fold mirror configured to receive the light beam directly reflected from the first concave off-axis paraboloid mirror, a second fold mirror configured to receive the light beam reflected directly from the first fold mirror and a second concave off-axis paraboloid mirror configured to receive the light beam reflected directly from the second fold mirror, and reflect the light beam to a fast steering mirror, and wherein the fast steering mirror is configured to reflect the light beam directly to a beam splitter wherein the light beam is split into a transmitted portion and a reflected portion of the light beam. a fuselage and at least one aerodynamic interface surface; a gimbaled mirror system comprising a mirror supported by a gimbal to receive a light beam from a light emitting source and reflect the light beam to a first periscope fold mirror; a gyro sensor coupled to the mirror and configured to sense movement of the mirror; an embedded processor coupled to the gimbaled mirror system, wherein the gyro sensor is coupled to the embedded processor to forward data about movement of the mirror supported by the gimbal and wherein the embedded processor is configured to send commands to the gimbal to move the mirror supported by the gimbal; and a wavefront measuring system comprising at least five reflective mirrors, comprising: a second periscope fold mirror configured to receive the reflected light beam directly from the first periscope fold mirror of the gimbaled mirror system, a first concave off-axis paraboloid mirror configured to receive the light beam reflected from the second periscope fold mirror, a first fold mirror configured to receive the light beam directly reflected from the first concave off-axis paraboloid mirror, a second fold mirror configured to receive the light beam reflected directly from the first fold mirror and a second concave off-axis paraboloid mirror configured to receive the light beam reflected directly from the second fold mirror, and reflect the light beam to a fast steering mirror, and wherein the fast steering mirror is configured to reflect the light beam directly to a beam splitter wherein the light beam is split into a transmitted portion and a reflected portion of the light beam. a second periscope fold mirror configured to receive the reflected light beam directly from the first periscope fold mirror of the gimbaled mirror system, a first concave off-axis paraboloid mirror configured to receive the light beam reflected from the second periscope fold mirror, a first fold mirror configured to receive the light beam directly reflected from the first concave off-axis paraboloid mirror, a second fold mirror configured to receive the light beam reflected directly from the first fold mirror and a second concave off-axis paraboloid mirror configured to receive the light beam reflected directly from the second fold mirror, and reflect the light beam to a fast steering mirror, and wherein the fast steering mirror is configured to reflect the light beam directly to a beam splitter wherein the light beam is split into a transmitted portion and a reflected portion of the light beam.