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Lockheed Martin has released new footage from tests with its laser weapon system, revealing how ‘Athena’ can deliver an invisible killing blow to take down an enemy drone.
In the tests conducted last month at New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range, the prototype weapon successfully shot down five unmanned Outlaw aircraft.
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command conducted the tests in August, using the 30-kilowatt class Advanced Test High Energy Asset (Athena) system.
Athena is a ground-based system that can be mounted atop tanks and other vehicles.
But, one day, it could even be installed on military planes, helicopters, and ships.
Last month’s tests saw Athena up against five Outlaw unmanned drones, each with a 10.8-foot wingspan.
Using its advanced beam control technology and fiber laser, it managed to take down all five in an invisible attack from below.
HOW IT WORKS
Lockheed Martin's laser is a beam combined fiber laser, meaning it brings together individual lasers, generated through fiber optics, to generate a single, intense laser beam.
This allows for a scalable laser system that can be made more powerful by adding more fiber laser subunits.
Athena uses Lockheed Martin’s company's 30-kW Accelerated Laser Demonstration Initiative (ALADIN).
It’s powered by a compact Rolls-Royce turbo generator.
Army bosses hope the radical weapon will give protection against threats such as swarms of drones or large numbers of rockets and mortars.
In the tests conducted last month at New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range, the prototype weapon successfully shot down five unmanned Outlaw aircraft.
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command conducted the tests in August, using the 30-kilowatt class Advanced Test High Energy Asset (Athena) system.
Athena is a ground-based system that can be mounted atop tanks and other vehicles.
But, one day, it could even be installed on military planes, helicopters, and ships.
Last month’s tests saw Athena up against five Outlaw unmanned drones, each with a 10.8-foot wingspan.
Using its advanced beam control technology and fiber laser, it managed to take down all five in an invisible attack from below.
HOW IT WORKS
Lockheed Martin's laser is a beam combined fiber laser, meaning it brings together individual lasers, generated through fiber optics, to generate a single, intense laser beam.
This allows for a scalable laser system that can be made more powerful by adding more fiber laser subunits.
Athena uses Lockheed Martin’s company's 30-kW Accelerated Laser Demonstration Initiative (ALADIN).
It’s powered by a compact Rolls-Royce turbo generator.
Army bosses hope the radical weapon will give protection against threats such as swarms of drones or large numbers of rockets and mortars.
