Laser 발사에 의한 무인기 격추 실험 성공...

 

지난 5월 MATRIX 를 이용 무인기 격추 실험에 성공했다는 기사 입니다. MATRIX 제작사인 보잉은 기존 747 항공기를

이용한 ABL 실험뿐만 아니라, 지상에서 험비등과 같은 이동식 차량에서 Laser 를 이용한 무인기 격추실험을 미 공군 및

육군과 함께 진행나갈 것이라는 보도입니다.

 

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Laser downed 5 UAVs in May

Air Force Times    11/21/2009 
 

A laser system built for the Air Force shot down five unmanned aircraft during a test in May at the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake, Calif.

 

The Mobile Active Targeting Resource for Integrated eXperiments - or MATRIX - fired a 2½ kilowatt-class high energy laser that knocked down the aircraft, according to an Air Force Research Laboratory statement.

 

MATRIX “acquired, tracked” and destroyed the targets at “significant ranges,” the statement said. Scientists and engineers will design the laser system to protect the U.S. from enemy unmanned aircraft.

 

It was unclear how the laser brought down the aircraft or how big they were.

 

Boeing Directed Energy Systems built the MATRIX. The defense contractor has also developed the Airborne Laser - a Boeing 747 with a laser mounted on the nose designed to shoot down ballistic missiles.

 

Boeing also tested its Laser Avenger system at China Lake. The Humvee-mounted directed energy air defense system shot down another unmanned aircraft.

 

The Air Force Research Lab sponsored the test, which also was attended by Army and Navy officials.

 

“These tests validate the use of directed energy to negate potential hostile threats against the homeland,” Bill Baker, chief scientist of the Lab’s Directed Energy Directorate, said in a statement.