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    US Army awards Boeing, General Atomics contract to develop powerful laser weapon

    If developed it will be 300 kilowatt- the most powerful laser to date.

    US Army awards Boeing, General Atomics contract to develop powerful laser weapon




    The U.S. Army has awarded a Boeing and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems team a contract to develop a 300-kilowatt solid-state laser weapon, according to an Oct. 25 Boeing announcement.

    The Distributed Gain High Energy Laser Weapon System will consist of both GA-EMS’ distributed gain laser technology and Boeing’s beam director and precision acquisition, tracking and pointing software. The program will culminate in a demonstration of the system for the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, according to the statement.


    “The high power, compact laser weapon subsystem prototype that GA-EMS will deliver under this contract will produce a lethal output greater than anything fielded to date,” Scott Forney, president of GA-EMS, said in the statement. “This technology represents a leap-ahead capability for air and missile defense that is necessary to support the Army’s modernization efforts and defeat next-generation threats in a multi-domain battlespace.”


    The laser system uses two seventh-generation laser heads in “a very compact and lightweight package,” said Michael Perry, GA-EMS’ vice president for lasers and advanced sensors.


    “Recent architectural improvements have enabled our single-beam DG Lasers to achieve comparable beam quality to fiber lasers in a very simple design without the need for beam combination,” he added.


    Can we test it on an illegal caravan heading towards our Southern border?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    If developed it will be 300 kilowatt- the most powerful laser to date.

    US Army awards Boeing, General Atomics contract to develop powerful laser weapon






    Can we test it on an illegal caravan heading towards our Southern border?
    I would love to see it tested that way. Finally a tool that could stop the enemy invasion and painless. a GREAT idea.

    poen

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