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U.S. Air Force to begin fighter-mounted laser testing this summer

by Agence France-Presse
March 20, 2018
in Air Force News
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The U.S. Air Force will this summer begin testing a laser that will be mounted on an F-15 warplane, an official said Monday.

The Pentagon last year awarded a $26 million contract to Lockheed Martin for a laser program called SHiELD (Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator).

The idea is to put a laser system on aircraft with an output of about 50 kw to test their ability to zap drones or cruise missiles.

“We have got tests starting this summer and the flight tests next summer,” Jeff Stanley, deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for science, technology and engineering, told reporters.

“There are still some technical challenges that we have to overcome, mainly size, weight, power.”

Military laser beams are invisible to the naked eye.

By focusing a beam on a target, the technology rapidly heats it up inside, causing it to crash or explode.

Tags: Cruise MissilesF-15Fighter Aircraftfighter jetslasershieldUS air force
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