Empresa llamada General Atomics que está desarrollando un laser de 150 kw

1. Sábado, 19 de Septiembre del 2015
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-air-force-will-have-combat-lasers-on-its-war-
planes-by-2020/ar-AAeu2kZ
The Air Force will have combat lasers on its
war planes by 2020
© USAF Testing Lab
The Army has its HEL-MD (not to mention is working on GI Joe-style
rifles andminesweepers); the Navy put a battleship-mounted railgun aboard the USS
Ponce; and within the next five years, the Air Force expects to have laser weapons of its
very own. These armaments, dubbed directed-energy weapons pods, will be mounted
on American warplanes and serve to burn missiles, UAVs -- even other combat aircraft -
- clean out of the sky. "I believe we'll have a directed energy pod we can put on a fighter
plane very soon," Air Force General Hawk Carlisle said at a Fifth-Generation Warfare
lecture during the Air Force Association Air & Space conference earlier this week. "That
day is a lot closer than I think a lot of people think it is."
The 150 kW HELLADS system from General Atomics appears to be the current
frontrunner for the USAF contract despite the system only having just recently entered
ground tests. HELLADS stands for "High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System". The
third generation prototype measures just 1.3 x 0.4 x 0.5 meters -- small enough to fit
onto a Predator C UAV,exactly what DARPA wants to do by 2018 -- and runs off of a
single lithium ion battery pack.

2. Sábado, 19 de Septiembre del 2015
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-air-force-will-have-combat-lasers-on-its-war-
planes-by-2020/ar-AAeu2kZ
© General Atomics
According to DARPA's Dr. David Shaver,
The goal of the HELLADS program is to develop a 150 kilowatt (kW) laser weapon system
that is ten times smaller and lighter than current lasers of similar power, enabling
integration onto tactical aircraft to defend against and defeat ground threats. With a
weight goal of less than five kilograms per kilowatt, and volume of three cubic meters
for the laser system, HELLADS seeks to enable high-energy lasers to be integrated onto
tactical aircraft, significantly increasing engagement ranges compared to ground-based
systems.
But before it enters operational service, the system must first pass a grueling set of field
tests against mortars, rockets, UAVs, simulated surface-to-air missiles and both ground
and air vehicles at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. According to Ars
Technica, Air Force leaders at the presentation Beyond that, the USAF is working to
develop and installLockheed Martin's ABC laser system on its 6th generation fighters by
the mid-2030's.