This would be a substantial increase in output over the company’s existing 300-kW laser, and would be more powerful than existing laser weapons in development or in the field today.

Lockheed Martin has won a contract to provide the US military with up to four 300 kW-class laser weapon systems. Destined for the US Army’s “Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser (IFPC ...

This article originally appeared in Popular Science. On Sept. 15, defense giant Lockheed Martin announced that it had delivered a 300-kw laser to the Department of Defense. Developed for a program ...

General Atomics and Boeing have recently been awarded a U.S. Army contract to create a 300 kW-class solid-state distributed gain high-energy laser weapon system that will exceed anything fielded ...

The Army has ordered four laser Strykers which is a platoon. By 2024, the Army plans to have four operational, 300 kW-class IFPC-HEL prototypes integrated on tactical vehicles to a platoon while ...

The HEL weapon system will combine GA-EMS’ scalable distributed gain laser technology, HELLi-ion battery systems and integrated thermal management with Boeing’s beam director and precision acquisition ...

Back in 2014, the US Navy deployed the experimental Laser Weapon System (LaWS) on the USS Ponce. That system could reportedly output a 30-kilowatt beam, making it mostly useful for shooting down ...

The U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, or RCCTO, has selected General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing to produce a 300 kilowatt-class solid state ...

Lockheed Martin is working with the US Army to determine an updated design for a forthcoming air-defence laser weapon, seeking to field a 250-300 kW laser. The army in May selected a team of ...

Lockheed Martin has won a contract to provide the US military with up to four 300 kW-class laser weapon systems. Destined for the US Army’s “Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser (IFPC ...