{"id":75954,"date":"2017-06-28T17:55:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T21:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=75954"},"modified":"2017-06-28T17:55:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T02:42:06","slug":"lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_75955\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/laser.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon\" title=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75955\" title=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/laser-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/laser-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/laser-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/laser.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-75955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<em>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raytheon.com\/news\/feature\/high_energy_laser.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon\" title=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\">Raytheon<\/a><\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Death Star technology may be more real than you think.<\/p>\n<p>Defense contractor Raytheon, in partnership with the U.S. Army, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raytheon.com\/news\/feature\/high_energy_laser.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon\" title=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\">announced<\/a> last week the successful testing of an in-sky laser weapon.<\/p>\n<p>The test featured a fully-integrated laser system attached to an Apache AH-64, which shot at a stationary target from a distance of 1.4 km. in White Sands, NM. The test was notable not only for successful laser targeting and beam control, but for its <a href=\"https:\/\/gsnmagazine.com\/article\/48573\/raytheon_conducts_first_ever_high_energy_laser_fir\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon\" title=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\">use of a rotary-wing aircraft.<\/a> Furthermore, unlike video game or <em>Star Wars<\/em> portrayals of laser technology, the laser emitted in the recent test was silent and invisible to the naked eye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy combining combat proven sensors&#8230; we can bring this capability to the battlefield sooner rather than later,\u201d said Art Morrish, vice president of Advanced Concept and Technologies for Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military has used lasers in non-weapon applications for a long time, but the debut of a laser weapon on the battlefield may be close at hand, and the global powers are in a race to develop the best and brightest.<\/p>\n<p>Just last month, emerging laser technology was the subject of a presentation at the Pentagon. Matthew Ketner, branch chief of the High Energy Laser Controls and Integration Directorate at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/local\/NSWCDD\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon\" title=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\">Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division<\/a>, Virginia, specifically noted that the February tests in White Sands used lasers to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV\u2019s).<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Article\/Article\/1229046\/laser-weapons-bring-sharp-advantages-to-the-battlefield\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon\" title=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\">the Army News Service,<\/a> the Army believes that high-energy laser weapons offer great potential as defenses against rockets, cruise missiles, and UAV\u2019s, in addition to far superior accuracy than traditional artillery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike a traditional gun,\u201d Ketner said, \u201clasers don&#8217;t run out of bullets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March, Lockheed Martin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/03\/17\/lockheed-martin-completes-new-battle-laser-for-us-military.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon\" title=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\">also announced<\/a> that it had completed development of a 60 Kilowatt laser weapon meant for deployment on tactical vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the U.S. doesn\u2019t stand alone in its pursuit of next-generation weaponry. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-laser-electromagnetic-plasma-weapons-military-kremlin-a7540716.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon\" title=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\">Independent<\/a>, Russia\u2019s deputy defense minister announced in January that the Kremlin would fund research on lasers, electromagnetic, and hypersonic weaponry.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Britain\u2019s Ministry of Defense has also greenlit the development of a laser weapon.<\/p>\n<p>China has been focused on laser technologies for years. <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/the-buzz\/get-ready-chinas-laser-weapons-arsenal-20138\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon\" title=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\">National Interest reported<\/a> in April that China sees laser weapons as a key tool for potentially wiping out U.S. space satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/Fisher_Testimony_2.18.15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon\" title=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\">congressional testimony<\/a> in 2015 from an expert on Asian affairs revealed that China\u2019s space program is fundamentally connected to its military\u2019s development of next-generation technology, focusing in part on laser weapons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/military\/201507291025169308\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon\" title=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\">Japan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Defense-News\/2017\/01\/04\/RADA-contracted-for-high-energy-laser-radars\/1681483558727\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lasers-greater-bullets-army-contractor-announces-successful-test-sky-laser-weapon\" title=\"Lasers Greater Than Bullets? Army Contractor Announces Successful Test of In-Sky Laser Weapon\">Israel<\/a> also have allocated funding for the development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBy combining combat proven sensors&#8230; we can bring this capability to the battlefield sooner rather than later,\u201d said Art Morrish, vice president of Advanced Concept and Technologies for Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":75955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,111,593],"tags":[132,335,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-75954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-industry-news","9":"category-jordan-michaels","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-military","12":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lasers Greater Than Bullets? 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