1 July 1998 Roger Medd American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Mr. Douglas G. Youmans Schafer Corporation 321 Billerica Road Chelmsford, MA 01824 SUBJECT: Notification of Award for Best Paper at 1997 Conference Paper Title: Modelocked-Laser Laser Radar Performance in Detection and Discrimination of Targets Dear Mr. Youmans, Congratulations! You have been selected by the conference committee to receive an award as primary authour of one of the outstanding papers presented at last year's AIAA/BMDO Interceptor Technology Conference. The awards will be presented at an Awards Dinner at 7:00 pm on August 4th at the Double Tree Hotel World Arena, Colorado Springs, CO, as part of this year's conference. Sincerely, Roger Medd Administrative Chair, AIAA