300kW High Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS), US - Army Technology
2023年6月21日 · The 300kW-class High-Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) is being developed as part of the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative (HELSI) programme to develop high-performance directed energy weapons (DEW) for the US Armed Forces and enhance their combat power against constantly evolving threats.
Media - Lockheed Martin - Releases
2022年9月15日 · The OUSD (R&E) selected Lockheed Martin in 2019 to scale its spectral beam combined high energy laser architecture to the 300 kW-class level as part of the High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative (HELSI), and the team recently achieved that …
Media - Lockheed Martin - Releases
2023年7月28日 · The 500 kW-class laser, developed under a new contract just awarded by OUSD (R&E), is the second phase of the High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative (HELSI). This phase of HELSI aims to increase the laser’s power level while achieving excellent beam quality and optimizing efficiency, size, weight, and volume for the continuous-wave high energy ...
A new energy weapon combines multiple laser beams - Popular Science
2022年9月19日 · While HELSI has yet to destroy a flying object in testing, Lockheed Martin’s Helios laser—a different system—used its 60 kilowatts of power to destroy drones flying as cruise missile ...
Lockheed Martin to beef up its already potent 300 kW HELSI laser …
2023年8月1日 · At 500 kW, the new laser will dwarf its existing 300 kW class and form the second phase of the DoD’s High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative (HELSI). For reference, the HELSI will aid the US...
Media - Lockheed Martin - Releases
2023年10月10日 · In August of 2022, Lockheed Martin delivered the High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative (HELSI) laser for use in the IFPC-HEL demonstrator, which was the most powerful solid-state directed energy technology delivered at that time.
JUST IN: Lockheed Martin Delivers High-Powered Laser Tech to …
2022年9月15日 · Lockheed Martin has delivered its most powerful directed energy weapon to date to the Defense Department, the company announced Sept. 15. The 300 kilowatt-class laser was developed as part of the High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative, or HELSI, which is managed by the office of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.
Scaling Up: Army Advances 300kW-class Laser Prototype
2020年3月3日 · Solidifying the effort to demonstrate a higher-powered laser to combat a range of threats, in November the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) sponsored a High Energy...
Lockheed Martin delivers 300-kilowatt laser to Defense Department
2022年9月16日 · The defense giant developed the laser under the Pentagon’s High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative (HELSI), an effort by the department to strengthen the directed energy industrial base and...
HELSI supports the improvement of directed energy weapon capacity by focusing on increasing output power, refining energy delivery to targets, and developing efficient power and thermal management schemes. These advances will benefit high energy laser programs across the DoD.