NakuLaser Blog

According to US media reports, Boeing, the world's largest aerospace company, recently announced that its Compact Laser Weapon System (CLWS) has recently completed a series of key demonstrations with the US Air Force and the Army. The latest news shows that CLWS weapons with a power of 5 kilowatts have successfully completed several demonstrations of combat capabilities, verifying that they are ready for actual deployment. The test operator used a gamepad-like controller to lock and track small drone targets, and failed by firing a laser. Using the CLWS system fixed in a standard container, the system operator successfully destroyed about 30 targets on the first operation. Kurt Sorenson, Boeing CLWS project manager, said: "We have received a lot of feedback about the ease of use, maturity of the CLWS system, and its seamless integration into the command and control (C2) network. Over the past year, Boeing has been Five test sites demonstrated CLWS capabilities to military...

WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin will create a high-powered laser for the U.S. Air Force that will be demonstrated on a fighter jet in 2021. The company was recently awarded a $26.3 million contract to design and build a fiber laser as part of an Air Force Research Laboratory program called Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD. That laser will be integrated with two other main subsystems: a pod that will power and cool the laser and a beam-control system, which will direct the laser onto the target. If successful, the technology could be a game-changer. The Air Force has long desired an airborne laser so that it can take out surface-to-air and air-to-air missile threats more cheaply than current intercept methods. Industry has struggled for about a decade to make a laser small enough to be installed on a vehicle or aircraft that was also powerful enough to be relevant on a battlefield, Rob Afzal, Lockheed’s senior fellow of laser weapon systems, said during a Tuesd...