Ouch: Boeing Laser Zaps Drone

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 19 of November , 2009 at 12:22 am

Boeing’s drone-zappin’ laser cannon we posted about back in January has gone live in tests, and has had no problem shooting down not one, not two, but five hapless unmanned drones using a “relatively low laser power” weapon outputting about 2.5 kilowatts. It’s not clear how, exactly, the drones were brought down… The deliberately vague press release says that the drones were “acquired, tracked and negated at significant ranges,” which makes me think that they weren’t instantly vaporized a la the Death Star. Aww. Keep tryin’ guys.

VIA [ Danger Room ]

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