US Senate budgeting $200 million in 2018 to speed laser and microwave weapons
The US Senate’s version of the annual defense bill provides $200 million for rapid prototyping of directed energy weapons. There’s no shortage of U.S. military interest in battlefield lasers and other...
View ArticleNew research for space based Neutral Particle Beam (NPB) system
The US Missile Defense Agency had a request for “Develop the enabling technologies required to field an operational exo-atmospheric Neutral Particle Beam (NPB) system”. Neutral beam accelerator...
View ArticleUS Will Have Space Based Sensors by 2023 But Will Not Deploy Space Weapons Yet
The Defense Department will continue to research and study space-based weapons like megawatt lasers, particle beams, and orbiting missiles. Michael Griffin, the defense undersecretary for research and...
View ArticleRadically Different Power Beaming With Small Emitter and Small Receiver
Jeff Greason presented a radically new kind of power beaming. This will enable radical changes to drones, planes and eventually space launch. #SpaceAccess2019
View ArticleUS Army and Navy Demo 300 Kilowatt Laser by 2022 and Navy Targets 500...
In 2022, the US Army will field test two high-energy lasers. A 50-kilowatt weapon to destroy enemy drones and incoming artillery rockets and a 300-kW weapon that could potentially shoot down cruise...
View Article250-300 kW Combat Lasers Now and Scaling to Megawatts
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing are working together to scale 100 kW-class lasers to 250 kW-class High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon system to they can shoot down missiles and...
View ArticleLockheed Will Make Two to Four 300 Kilowatt Class Lasers for the US Army
Lockheed Martin has a US Army contract to develop and deliver up to four 300 kW-class laser weapon systems to the Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser (IFPC-HEL) prototype program. The...
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