Throughout 2020, the 704th Test Group’s Operating Location-AA, part of the Directed Energy Combined Test Force, or DE CTF, focused much of its effort on the testing of weapons designed to prevent adversarial drone observation and assault.
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| First HELWS (H1). Raytheon installed its high-energy laser weapon system on a small all-terrain vehicle. On a single charge, the HELWS can deliver intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability and dozens of precise laser shots. (Picture source: Raytheon) |
