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That investment includes $3.5 million in capital equipment, for the express purpose of increasing \u201cmanufacturing capacity for low size, weight and power (SWaP) laser diode pump modules in support of high-volume directed-energy programs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besides increasing production capacity, the investment is going toward research into increasing emitter brightness and managing the heat from lasers. As for applications with these brighter, lighter, better-cooled lasers, the company is cagey, saying only that the company\u2019s investment in new diode production is to meet \u201ccontinuing demand for increased power and brightness for applications such as directed energy and lidar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States is the chief customer for Lasertel\u2019s products, but hardly the only country working on modern military lasers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In late April, the Pentagon reported that pilots had seen someone testing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/electronic-warfare\/2018\/04\/27\/whos-testing-a-laser-in-djibouti\/\">bright laser<\/a> off the shore of Djibouti. Later, the Pentagon clarified that those lasers had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/05\/03\/two-us-airmen-injured-by-chinese-lasers-in-djibouti\/\">injured airmen<\/a>. 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