Friday, December 19, 2014

US Army's High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator Getting 50 Kilowatt Laser Upgrade



The High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator or HEL MD is back in Huntsville after more than a year of testing at White Sands Missile Range’s High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility in New Mexico. The Space and Missile Defense Command/Armed Forces Strategic Command is the program sponsor of the HEL MD demonstrator, which is not yet a program of record.

The high powered defense laser was built by Boeing and has recently returned home to Huntsville for an upgrade.

The truck based system currently has a 10 KW solid state laser mounted on a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck, but will soon be fitted with a 50 KW laser.

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