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By Tim Martin “What we don’t know yet from directed energy systems, necessarily, is… how to fight [with] lasers on the battlefield, how to integrate kinetic and non-kinetic effectors,” said Lt. Gen. Robert Rasch.
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For now, the company has received more than $150 million to produce the service’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser (IFPC-HEL) prototype weapon system.
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“IFPC-HPM provides much needed protection against adversarial UAS swarms capable of targeting and overwhelming US and allied air defense systems,” the Army said in budget request documents.
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The work will expand on Israel’s experimental Iron Beam system, but aims to boost power, sources told Breaking Defense.
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Breaking Defense reviewed video of the laser disabling a quadcopter UAV, part of tests that show directed energy system could be “viable.”
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The Army wants to demonstrate a 300 kilowatt laser weapon in fiscal 2022.
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