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Orel escribió:Lockheed sopesa opciones para conseguir un láser de defensa aérea de 250-300 kW:
https://www.janes.com/article/91898/aus ... ence-laser
By Claire Heininger, U.S. ArmyAugust 1, 2019
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- The U.S. Army issued a contract award to accelerate the rapid prototyping and fielding of its first combat-capable laser weapon system.
This prototype will deliver 50 kilowatt (kW)-class lasers on a platoon of four Stryker vehicles in Fiscal Year 2022, supporting the Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) mission. The directed energy M-SHORAD capability is intended to protect maneuvering Brigade Combat Teams from unmanned aerial systems (UAS), rotary-wing aircraft, and rockets, artillery and mortar (RAM).
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Under the OTA award action, issued on July 26 in the amount of $203 million, Kord has teamed with Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to develop the competing prototypes with support from General Dynamics Land Systems, which makes the Stryker, for integration work. Under the terms of the contract, the two laser vendors have approximately one year to produce the required laser subsystems, integrate them onto the Stryker platform, and complete a competitive performance checkout leading into a range demonstration against various threats.
After the Army evaluates the results, it plans to purchase three additional laser-equipped Strykers, for a total of four prototype vehicles that would be fielded to an operational M-SHORAD platoon in Fiscal Year 2022. The OTA award has the potential to increase to $490 million for the delivery of the four prototypes.
The directed energy M-SHORAD prototypes are part of the progression of an Army technology maturation initiative known as the Multi-Mission High Energy Laser (MMHEL).
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The Army will adjust the current HEL-TVD, a 100 kW-class laser system integrated on a Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles platform developed by Dynetics and subcontractor Lockheed Martin. Under the new directed energy strategy, the Army is leveraging progress made in that effort in order to merge the HEL-TVD with similar technologies in development by the Navy and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
This partnership will allow the services to achieve a higher power system, of approximately 250-300 kW-class, that can protect sites from RAM and UAS as well as more stressing threats -- significantly increasing the warfighting capability being transitioned on the original timeline. The Army's goal is to deliver four such prototype lasers integrated on tactical vehicles, for a capability known as High Energy Laser-Indirect Fire Protection Capability (HEL-IFPC), to a platoon by Fiscal Year 2024.
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Es pronto... y, sobre todo, no hay una amenaza urgente ni probable. Sin embargo, parece que parte del camino va a ir en una dirección diferente: el de aparatos económicos, recuperables o no, cuya "inteligencia" esté distribuida y estén planteados desde el principio para el desgasteOrel escribió:Está claro que el panorama está cambiando y más que lo hará, incluyendo también enjambres de UCAS (no RPAS), pero también creo que aún faltan décadas para ir viendo si la aviación tripulada de ataque tiene sitio o no. En todo caso, la sexta generación ya se plantea opcionalmente tripulada. Y lo mismo se está planteando p.ej. con sistemas terrestres.
Sin embargo, parece que parte del camino va a ir en una dirección diferente: el de aparatos económicos, recuperables o no, cuya "inteligencia" esté distribuida y estén planteados desde el principio para el desgaste
German 5kw laser weapon based on Boxer IFV
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Orel escribió:De Kique:German 5kw laser weapon based on Boxer IFV
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Es poca potencia, ¿no? Estábamos hablando de láseres de 20-50 kW y hasta 300...
Orel escribió:Claro, a eso voy: un láser para atacar blancos aéreos en campo abierto a cierta distancia parece escaso... porque hay que enfocarlo.
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