Abstract
The LAT instrument on the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) project is a gamma-ray pair-conversion telescope designed to improve upon the sensitivity of the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory EGRET instrument by at least a factor of 30. The LAT design is based upon a silicon-strip tracker/converter, a CsI calorimeter, and a plastic-scintillator anticoincidence shield. The project is approaching its critical design review and is scheduled for launch in 2006. This talk gives an overview of the LAT science objectives, the LAT design, and the status of the engineering effort and instrument production plans.
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