Recently, a laser startup from the United States - Consolidated Laser Technologies (CLT), announced that the current has completed the U.S. Navy on improving the maintenance of the underwater environment of emerging technology research and development.
This follows the signing of a $500,000 contract with the U.S. Navy in September 2023, which is the first contract since CLT's inception.
According to the contract, the new Ultra-Short Pulsed Laser (USPL) surface treatment technology was employed to evaluate the technology's ability to be used as an enhanced surface treatment tool to treat sensor cable connectors in underground environments.
With the equipment delivered ahead of schedule to the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Crane, Indiana, the government will now use the components and samples to evaluate their performance.
We are honored to work with a team of NSWC Crane, NRL and SIB personnel to apply this emerging capability," said Lee Dingman, CLT CEO. The group shares common goals aimed at improving newbuilding efficiencies, reducing labor-intensive maintenance, and extending the life of our naval assets and their critical components."
This work was funded and supported by the U.S. Navy Submarine Industry Base (SIB), Shipbuilding Industry Base Task Force (SIB-TF) and BlueForge Alliance (BFA).
