Laser weapon

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U.S. Air Force Research Lab’s HADES Laser Weapon Demonstrator Completes Field Testing

January 17, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Directed-Energy Weapon (DEW), High-power Adaptive Directed Energy System (HADES), Laser, Laser weapon, Nutronics Inc., U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), USA

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)’s unique laser weapon demonstrator called the High-power Adaptive Directed Energy System, or HADES,

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Lockheed Martin Demos ATHENA Laser Weapon System for U.S. Air Force

November 7, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments ATHENA Laser Weapon, Directed-Energy Weapon (DEW), Fort Sill, Laser weapon, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated its ATHENA laser weapon system for the U.S. Air Force at a government test range at

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ATA Unveils LOCUST Counter-UAS Laser Weapon System

October 29, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Applied Technology Associates (ATA), ATA Locust C-UAS, Counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS), Laser weapon, USA

Applied Technology Associates (ATA) unveiled LOCUST, a Low-Cost Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS), at the 2019 Counter UAS Summit in August.

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Raytheon Delivers First Laser Counter-UAS System to U.S. Air Force

October 22, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS), High Energy Laser Weapon Systems (HELWS), Laser weapon, Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS), Raytheon, Raytheon HELWS MRZR, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Raytheon delivered the first high-energy laser counter-unmanned aerial system to the U.S. Air Force earlier this month. The system will

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Directed-energy weapons Europe Technology 

Rheinmetall Achieves 20kW Radiant Flux with its Spectral Coupling-Based Laser Source

September 12, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Laser weapon, NKT Photonics, Rheinmetall, Rheinmetall Waffe Munition

The laser team at Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH has now attained an optical power of 20 kilowatts cw with a

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Raytheon Developing Advanced Laser Systems for U.S. Air Force Deployment

August 11, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments High Energy Laser Weapon Systems (HELWS), Laser weapon, Raytheon, Raytheon HELWS MRZR, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Raytheon will deploy two prototype high energy laser weapon systems to troops overseas under a U.S. Air Force contract. The

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Directed-energy weapons Europe 

Rheinmetall, MBDA to Develop High-Energy Laser Effector System for German Navy

August 11, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments BAAINBw, German Navy, Germany, K130 Braunschweig-class corvette, Laser weapon, MBDA Missile Systems, Rheinmetall

Rheinmetall and MBDA intend to construct, integrate and test a laser demonstrator for the German Navy’s K130 Braunschweig class corvettes.

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U.S. Army Awards Laser Weapon System Contract

August 3, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Laser weapon, Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) US Army, Multi-Mission High Energy Laser (MMHEL), U.S. Army, USA

The U.S. Army issued a contract award to accelerate the rapid prototyping and fielding of its first combat-capable laser weapon

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Raytheon Awarded $23.8M AFRL Contract for Prototype High Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS)

August 3, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments High Energy Laser Weapon Systems (HELWS), Laser weapon, Raytheon, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), USA

Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems has been awarded a $23.8 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

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Northrop Grumman Selected for U.S. Army M-SHORAD High Energy Laser Initiative

August 3, 2019August 11, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Directed-Energy Weapon (DEW), Laser weapon, Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) US Army, Multi-Mission High Energy Laser (MMHEL), Northrop Grumman, Stryker IAV, U.S. Army, USA

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract for the U.S. Army Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) directed energy prototyping

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