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Army Details Successful Laser Weapon Prototype Demonstration | Business | Aug 2021
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Army Details Successful Prototype Demonstration of First Laser Weapon | Business | Aug 2021
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https://www.afinalwarning.com/486219.html (Natural News) Developed in conjunction with Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, the United States Army has unveiled two new Stryker vehicles equipped with 50 kW-class laser weapon capabilities and support equipment.
The futuristic technology is slated to be tested at a combat shoot-out event scheduled for springtime in Fort Sill, Okla. It will be put to the test in a series of scenarios developed specifically to assess the capabilities and threshold requirements for this particular class of laser.
Whichever laser-equipped vehicle performs better will be chosen as the winner and escalated into prototype production. The winner will also demonstrate for the first time that this type of laser technology is mature enough to be ready for real-life combat.
The goal, officials said, is operational fielding of laser systems by 2022.
“This is moving extremely fast,” said Army Col. G. Scott McLeod, program manager for the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office’s (RCCTO) Directed Energy-Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense initiative.
“Everybody has done a great job of managing all of the technical complexity and challenges of getting these new components built and integrated so we can move to the shoot-off next year,” he said.
Army officials said the work by Raytheon and Northrop Grumman is being done in separate areas at an integration facility in Huntsville, Alabama. Keeping the two efforts separate ensured the integrity of the competition, the Pentagon said.