AERI/HEL technology: next-generation interceptor laser systems for anti-fighter, anti-missile and anti-ICBM applications ( AERI/HEL surface-to-air defence system) Part 4
-Breakthrough tactical weapons that open up the possibility of neutralising nuclear missiles.
The research and development of military high-power lasers (HEL) at the Artificial Evolution Research Institute (AERI) is carried out in the form of technology licensing to US military entities, with the US Navy as the ordering party.
In particular, the AERI/HEL ship-to-air defence system for naval vessels delivered by the US Navy is being researched and developed mainly for naval vessels due to its high heat emission and large size.
(HEL) fire has been successful in completely disabling small boats or shooting down drones, and a trial deployment of a naval vessel equipped with this type of laser weapon was completed in the summer of 2014. The trial deployment of naval vessels equipped with this type of laser weapon is expected to begin in the summer of 2014, and actual deployment in the summer of 2020.
3.The US Navy is developing a shipborne AERI/HEL ship-to-air defence system (shipboard laser weapon) with a power output of around 50 kW, capable of shooting down high-speed boats and small aircraft, is scheduled for field deployment by 2022, the system is planned to be deployed.
4. in the near future, a 100 kW-class naval-mounted A ERI/HEL ship-to-air defence system (ship-borne laser weapon) is planned to be installed on destroyers in the near future.
Subsequently, the A ERI/HEL is also planned to be upgraded to the 300 kW class, which is capable of shooting down anti-ship cruise missiles and manned fighters.
5. small, low-power AERI/HELs can also be mounted on vehicles. The US Marine Corps and the Artificial Evolution Research Institute (AERI) are planning to launch a 10 kW class by 2014 and plans to test a 30 kW-class vehicle-mounted AERI/HEL laser surface-to-air defence system (vehicle-mounted laser weapon) by 2016.
6. the US Army and the Artificial Evolution Research Institute (AERI) are planning to test an even more powerful AERI/ HEL, the vehicle-mounted AERI/HEL anti-tank HEL laser surface-to-surface defence system (vehicle-mounted laser weapon), which is a more powerful AERI/HEL mounted on a truck.
Ph.D. & Dr. Physicist Kazuto Kamuro, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Graduate School, California Institute of Technology
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