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Reports highlight Air Force plans for a four-year space-based laser weapons study, covering solicitation scope, engineering and risk-reduction requirements, and key bidder capabilities. 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People in the News,p.6.  \n## AIR FORCE PLANS 4-YEAR STUDY OF LASER WEAPONS IN SPACE\n\nThe Air Force is studying the concept and technological risks of a space-based laserweapon system under a program due to last nearly 4 years.  \nIn a solicitation for research and development sources issued by the Air Force'sSpace Division in Los Angeles,prospective bidders were advised that this concept-defini-tion phase would determine whether to proceed into the validation phase of a system deve1-opment program--in effect,building prototype hardware.  \nThe scope of the present effort,which is due to be covered by a 44-month R&D con-tract,includes system engineering,analysis and risk reduction related to a preliminaryoperational concept,including alternative designs.  \nAmong the requirements that the firms must meet are experience in high-energy chem-ical lasers,high-energy laser beam control,large spacecraft support systems,worldwideadvanced surveillance and c³(command,control and communications)systems and 1aunch andservicing systems.The firms also must have integrated hardware into operational spacesystems.  \nThe closing date for submitting qualifications was Dec.10,but further informationis available from C.C.Akers at Air Force Space Division headquarters,PO Box 92960,World-way Postal Center,Los Angeles,CA 90009,213/643-2021.  \n## DREXLER OFFERS PROTOTYPE QUANTITIES OF LASER-RECORDABLE TAPE\n\nDrexler Technology Corp.is offering prototype quantities of a new laser-recordabletape it says can potentially drive storage costs down dramatically over the current mag-netic tapes.  \nThis experimental product,Drexon DS-102 optical tape,is available for delivery 120days after receipt of order at $2,000 per 50-foot reel of 35-millimeter-wide tape,accord-ing to the Mountain View,California,company.It will be provided according to the wave-length of the laser used:blue-green(440-550 nm),red(around 630 nm)and infrared(around 800 nm).Production quantities of the tape in reels up to 2400 feet long and 70mm wide are expected to be available next summer.  \nThe basic idea behind Drexler's high-density tape is to store data bits optically byusing a laser to melt holes of low reflectivity in the highly reflective surface of thetape.Each hole represents a data bit,and the holes can be much closer together than mag-netized portions of standard tape.  \nWhen 5-micron holes are recorded on a 2400-foot tape 70 mm wide,a single reel oftape can hold 50,000 megabytes of data.The OEM price of the Drexler tape is expected tobe less than $5,000 per reel,or 10 cents per megabyte.Using 2.5-micron holes would in-crease storage to 200,000 megabytes on the same size tape,thus reducing costs to about  \n2.5 cents per megabyte.  \nConventional magnetic tapes 1200 feet long and 1/2 inch wide today cost about $15 for100 megabytes,or about 15 cents per megabyte.However,magnetic tapes must be re-recorded every 2 or 3 years to prevent degradation and rewound every few months to main-  \ntain proper physical characteristics.These maintenance expenses increase the total effec-tive cost of magnetic tape to about 25 cents per megabyte,Drexler claims.  \nThe Drexon process involves 3 layers on top of a polyester film bąse:a protectivecoating,a crust and an underlayer.The protective coating is a thin,solvent,coatable,transparent plastic.The crust consists of silver grains of filamentary and sphericalshapes dispersed in an organic colloidal matrix,such as gelatin.The underlayer consistsof the same organic colloid,but is essentially devoid of silver particles.The underlay-er thermally insulates the reflective crust and incr","cbCaipqNja8CAxzy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipqNja8CAxzy","pdf",2158577,"English","# AIR FORCE PLANS 4-YEAR STUDY OF LASER WEAPONS IN SPACE\n## Program scope and requirements\n## Solicitation details\n# DREXLER OFFERS PROTOTYPE QUANTITIES OF LASER-RECORDABLE TAPE\n## Tape concept and capacity claims\n## Materials, recording, and decoding\n## Applications and future plans","[{\"question\":\"What is the Air Force planning to study for four years?\",\"answer\":\"The Air Force is studying the concept and technological risks of a space-based laser weapon system under a program scheduled to run nearly four years.\"},{\"question\":\"What capabilities must firms show in the Air Force solicitation?\",\"answer\":\"Firms must demonstrate experience with high-energy chemical lasers, high-energy laser beam control, large spacecraft support systems, advanced surveillance and command/control/communications systems, and launch and servicing systems, including integrated hardware into operational space systems.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Drexler’s laser-recordable tape store and read data?\",\"answer\":\"The tape stores data by using a laser to melt small holes of low reflectivity in a reflective surface; data bits correspond to the presence or absence of holes. 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