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Highlights include SEC-referenced developments, selections of Valtec and Anaconda for Florida single-mode fiber links, and system electronics contracting and FCC-related exchange interoperability. 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Siperko told u₈afinal decision wil1 be made in the next 2 weeks.  \nITT has been selected to provide the multiplexers and D-4 channel banks,we learned.Construction of the initial link of the system is expected to be completed by the endof the year.For that 37 km link,M/A-Com will provide the electronics,while Valtec wil1provide the fiber.The initial link will join Miami and Fort Lauderdale.  \nMicrotel recent1y filed with the FCC to allow other common carriers to hook into theMicrotel exchange.While Microtel has no plans to go interstate itself,the move wouldallow Satellite Business Systems,RCA,or other major carriers to tap in.  \n## FLETCHER COMMISSION GIVES DIECTED ENERGY WEAPON TECHNOLOGIES 5 YEARS TO PROVE THEMSELVES\n\nThe Pentagon has approved and sent to the White House the Fletcher Commission report,a study that plots the fut ure direction of the defense program.The report calls for alayered defense capable of attacking Soviet missiles at liftoff,during their ballistietrajectory in space,and when re-entering the earth's atmosphere.Both ground-and space-based lasers would be used as part of the defense,and Pentagon sources say such a systemcould be operational by the year 2005.  \nIn order to determine what directed energy weapons would be incorporated into the pro-gram,the plan recommends infusing hefty amounts of money into 6 directed energy weaponareas,including:chemical infrared high-energy lasers,excimer short-wavelength 1asers,free electron lasers,neutral beam particles,nuclear pumped x-ray lasers,and other di-rected energy weapons related to nuclear devices.  \n\"One main thrust of the report is that we have left the next 5 years open to discov-ery,\"one of the study's authors told us,\"rather than simply go rapidly with what wehave.\"The source said each of the programs requires further theoretical and experimentalwork \"to define its ultimate utility.\"  He continued,\"The emphasis over the next 5 yearswill be to see how far each can go.\"  \nA repbrted $5.2 billion is recommended for the 6 directed energy weapons programs forthe next 5 years.While the source said the dollar recommendations the report makes are\"not significant,\"nuclear pumped X-ray laser research is earmarked for the most,followedby other weapons related to nuclear devices,chemical infrared high-energy lasers,exci-mers,free electron lasers,and neutral particle be ams.  \nFIBER/LASER NEWS,November 11,1983  \nNot all of the directed energy weapons programs will survive after the demonstrationprogram,the source noted.\"Some sorting out of the optical approaches will occur.\"  \nThe program would also include research on hardening U.S.missiles against intercep-tion by Soviet lasers.Richard Cooper,director of the Defense Advanced ","cbCaiqSLr5jKv97E","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqSLr5jKv97E","pdf",3402296,"English","# Highlights Inside\n## Valtec and Anaconda selected for Microtel single-mode fiber\n## Fletcher Commission report on directed energy weapon programs\n## ELRA Group considering Collins for West Coast teleport","[{\"question\":\"What companies were selected to provide single-mode fiber for Microtel’s Florida intrastate system?\",\"answer\":\"Valtec Corp. and Anaconda Wire \\u0026 Cable were selected to provide the single-mode fiber for different routes in the planned Florida system.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the Fletcher Commission report recommend for directed energy weapons over the next five years?\",\"answer\":\"It calls for layered defense using ground- and space-based lasers and recommends funding across six directed energy weapon areas, with further theoretical and experimental work before deciding ultimate utility.\"},{\"question\":\"What is ELRA Group considering for the West Coast teleport fiber optics project?\",\"answer\":\"ELRA Group is considering Rockwell International’s Collins Transmission Systems Division to provide turn-key fiber optics for the teleport project, supported by Collins for microwave transmission.\"}]","Fiber - Laser News - Biweekly Report on Optical Fiber and Laser Technology | PDF",1791866776,23]