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Industry-leading hardware, software, and engineering services for atmospheric simulation and analysis, beam control, and directed energy systems.

World Leading Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Development of High Energy Lasers.

MZA Associates Corporation is a world leader in the modeling, analysis, design, development, integration and testing of High Energy Laser (HEL) and advanced optical systems. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico - with offices in Dayton, Ohio and Houston, Texas - MZA provides research and development services to defense and aerospace customers in support of advanced beam control systems, atmospheric characterization, and optical systems engineering. MZA provides unique expertise in the areas of wave-optics modeling, adaptive optics systems, and scientific data acquisition, analysis, and management.

Hardware

Beam Control

  • High-speed tracking & wavefront sensors
  • High-power deformable & fast steering mirrors
  • Adaptive optics
  • Real-time & distributed control systems
  • Optical telescopes & beam directors
  • Experimental optical measurement
  • Large, high-power optic fabrication
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Sensors & Atmospheric Optics

System Development & Testing

  • Target Acquisition, Tracking & Pointing
  • Lab & Field Testing
  • Atmospheric Turbulence Profiling
  • Aero-Effects Characterization & Mitigation
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Software

Modeling & Simulation

  • WaveTrain Physics Simulation
  • Atmospheric & Aero-Effects Modeling
  • Beam Control & Propagation Scaling
  • Systems Engineering Models
  • Laser Device Modeling
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