Directed-energy weapon - Wikipedia
WEBA directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams. Potential applications of this technology include weapons that target personnel , missiles , vehicles, and optical devices.
British Army Tests New Mobile Directed-Energy Weapon - The …
WEB21 hours ago · The British Army has tested a new directed-energy weapon that employs advanced radio frequency technology to interfere with electronic circuits. Part of Project Ealing, the truck-mounted system is designed to provide a strategic countermeasure against growing drone threats. It can accurately detect, track, and engage various targets across ...
British Army develops deadly 'direct energy' laser weapon
WEB14 Sep 2021 · Known collectively as Directed Energy Weapons (DEW), these next-generation technologies could revolutionise the battlefield and help to reduce the risk of collateral damage. Powered by electricity they operate without ammunition.
Updated February 1, 2024 Defense Primer: Directed-Energy Weapons
WEBUpdated May 7, 2024. Defense Primer: Directed-Energy Weapons. Both the 2022 National Defense Strategy and the House Armed Services Committee’s bipartisan Future of Defense Task Force Report have identified directed energy as a technology that could have a significant impact on U.S. national security in the years to come.
Directed Energy: The Focus on Laser Weapons Intensifies
WEB25 Jan 2024 · Directed Energy: The Focus on Laser Weapons Intensifies. The robotic craft swoops in low, closing on its target. The enemy's sensors try to get a fix, as the planet surface races past below. In an instant, a beam reaches out from below at the speed of light, the high-powered laser burning through its target.
Science & Tech Spotlight: Directed Energy Weapons | U.S. GAO
WEB25 May 2023 · Directed energy weapons (DEW) use concentrated electromagnetic energy to combat enemy forces and assets. These weapons include high energy lasers and other high power electromagnetics—such as millimeter wave and high power microwave weapons. Unlike weapons that fire bullets or missiles, DEWs can respond to a threat in …
Directed Energy Weapons: Here Now? Or 5 Years Off?
WEB29 Feb 2024 · Directed energy weapons with autonomous targeting, wide beams, nearly unlimited magazines and low cost-to-shot ratios are proving in experiments that they can be an effective countermeasure to kamikaze robots. The question is whether they are “here and now” or still five years off? ND
Hypersonic and directed-energy weapons: Who has them, and …
WEB15 Mar 2021 · Hypersonic and directed-energy weapons: Who has them, and who’s winning the race in the Asia-Pacific? ByMike Yeo, Nigel Pittaway, Usman Ansari, Vivek Raghuvanshi and Chris Martin. Mar 15,...
Directed Energy | Lockheed Martin
WEBLockheed Martin and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have signed an agreement for manufacturing laser weapon systems in the U.S. and Israel. Experience the potential of our laser weapons and directed energy technologies, providing affordable alternatives for air, ground, and sea platforms.
Department of Defense Directed Energy Weapons: Background …
WEB30 Oct 2021 · Directed energy (DE) weapons use concentrated electromagnetic energy, rather than kinetic energy, to combat enemy forces.
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