AKELA provides a broad range of lasers and custom photonic solutions for defense and security applications. We have a proven record of developing products for major system integrators, such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and others.

Our portfolio of high-power diode lasers and systems supports developments in the following military applications:

  • Range Finders
  • Perimeter Security
  • Target Designation
  • Chemical and Biological Weapon Detection
  • Illumination
  • Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM)
  • Laser Sensors for Live Combat Simulation and Training
  • Weapons Simulation (MILES)
  • Ordinance Initiation
  • Active Optical Target Detectors
  • Beacons for Identification of Friend or Foe (IFF), as well as Search and Rescue (SAR)
  • Dazzlers - directed-energy non-lethal weapons intended to induce temporarily blindness or disorient its target with intense light.