ARDEC and Ionatron sign research and development agreement

TUCSON, Ariz., 4 August 2006. The U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC) has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Ionatron Inc., a Laser Guided Energy (LGE) company developing directed energy weapons for the design and testing of ultra-short laser applications.

This CRADA will be used to baseline LGE and other Directed Energy (DE) technologies, suitable for enhancing the capabilities of the U. S. Army War Fighters and their missions.