nLight announces expansion of HELSI contract award to $171M

nLIGHT “announced the award of additional options that more than double the previously-announced contract to produce a High Energy Laser prototype as part of the second phase of the DoD’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research & Engineering High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative, or HELSI. The original phase two award announced in May 2023 was for $86 million, and the exercise of the additional options announced today brings the total value of the award to nLIGHT to $171 million.”