{"id":11929,"date":"2019-10-25T21:56:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T21:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/25\/the-air-force-just-received-this-mad-max-like-laser-dune-buggy-to-shoot-down-drones\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:19:18","slug":"the-air-force-just-received-this-mad-max-like-laser-dune-buggy-to-shoot-down-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2019\/10\/25\/the-air-force-just-received-this-mad-max-like-laser-dune-buggy-to-shoot-down-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"The Air Force just received this \u2018Mad Max\u2019-like laser dune buggy to shoot down drones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/air\/2017\/07\/14\/small-drones-still-posing-big-problem-for-us-air-force-bases\/\" target=\"_blank\">newest weapon<\/a> brings the pew-pew of high-energy lasers to a vehicle that looks like it came out of a \u201cMad Max\u201d movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service took delivery from Raytheon earlier this month of the first high-energy laser weapon system (HELWS) to counter unmanned aerial systems. The system will be deployed overseas as part of a year-long Air Force experiment to train operators and test the system\u2019s effectiveness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/unmanned\/uas\/2018\/01\/05\/how-650-drones-are-creating-problems-in-iraq-and-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\">in real-world conditions<\/a>, according to a company news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years, cheap, off-the-shelf drones have proliferated, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/congress\/2019\/02\/15\/its-a-cat-and-mouse-game-as-militaries-fight-the-big-threat-of-small-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\">posing a threat to U.S. forces<\/a> on the battlefield, as well as to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/breaking-news\/2017\/08\/07\/dod-can-now-shoot-down-trespassing-uavs\/\" target=\"_blank\">air bases<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weapon system being tested uses an advanced variant of the company\u2019s Multi-spectral Targeting System, an electro-optical\/infrared sensor, to detect, identify and track enemy drones. 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