6 November 1997 Department of Defense Ballistic Missile Defense Organization 7100 Defense Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20301-7100 Mr. Stuart S. Haber President Schafer Corporation 321 Billerica Road Chelmsford, MA 01824-4190 Dear Mr. Haber, I wish to personally offer my congratulations to your Alpha-LAMP Intergration (ALI) team. The completion of the ALI test series is a watershed event in the nation's space based laser (SBL) program and represents the culmination of years of intense effort. Please extend my thanks to each of the key personnel on the attached page [listed below] and to all of the individuals who contributed to the success of this program. These individuals performed outstandingly in the difficult dual roles of traditional government SETA as well as "hands on" hardware integrators. They demonstrated not only their technical expertise and personal dedication, but also integrity and self-sacrifice of the highest order, and set a shining example of how a "badgeless" team should operate. I would also like to thank their families for their support and sacrifice over the last five years. The completion of these ALI tests truly represents extraordinary technical achievement in the SBL program. It provides real technological advances for the nation's future strategic defense capability. It is well deserving of being lauded as an example of teamwork and innovative, streamlined program execution. Dr. Lawrence Zajac, Schafer Directed Energy Program Manager Gary Golnik, Schafer HEL SETA Program Manager David Loomis, Schafer ALI I&T and former LMA ALI Program Manager David Swain, Schafer ALI I&T Bruce Heckert, Schafer ALI I&T Chris Lieto, Schafer Uncooled Optics Mark Jacoby, Schafer ALI I&T Dr. Bill Goodman, Schafer Optics Rick Demers, Schafer Optics Sincerely, Dr. Charles J. Infosino Director Directed Energy Directorate