This laser would deliver more than 500 kW and have a range of hundreds of miles. The first step in this endeavor will be a competition to develop a low power demonstration laser to explore beam control and tracking at altitude.”
DCS 2018: Laser weapon ramp ?inevitable and imperative?
Remember the next time you laser a helicopter you could be on the receiving end of all kinds of HEL.
US MILITARY FIRES LASER 'CANON' from HELICOPTER
US military contractor Raytheon and the US Army say that they recently completed the successful flight test of a high-energy laser (HEL) system on board an Apache AH-64 helicopter. http://optics.org/news/8/6/43
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