Tag: Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator

“The next phase: Does that make sense, does it make sense to put a pod on there, or do you want to go complete and do a system integration of a laser itself?,” Tom Lockhart, director of U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office Tom Lockhart, the director of U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Strategic Development...

"The development of high power laser systems show laser weapon system technologies are becoming real. The technologies are ready to be produced, tested and deployed on aircraft, ground vehicles and ships," Dr. Rob Afzal, senior fellow of laser weapon systems at Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin has secured a $26.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to...