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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Drones Armed With High-Energy Lasers May Arrive In 2017

Flying military robots armed with high-energy lasers? It’s a future that is exciting, terrifying — and perhaps just two years away.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., or GA-ASI, the San Diego-based company that makes the Predator and Reaper drones, is undertaking a privately funded study to integrate a 150-kilowatt solid-state laser onto its Avenger (née Predator-C) drone. If the company succeeds, a drone with a high-energy laser will be a reality at some point in 2017, company executives told Defense One.

“We’re funded right now to develop a laser module compatible with the aircraft and study putting it on the Avenger,” Michael Perry, Vice President for Mission Systems at GA-ASI, told Defense One. “We hope to be funded to do that,” he said.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

yup and you all thought drones were cool... now you will have surveillance drones watching you 24/7 and will have guns and bomb ans now lasers on them...

I am glad you all love being controlled... soon you will get your wish...

lmclain said...

Just more military equipment that will be handed over to the civilian police in a few years.
You think "we, the people" LIKE the idea?
Quit surrendering your freedom. Want to be safe? Die.
Want to be free? Start paying attention.