Next Big Future August 8, 2019
In 2018, the US Navy and Missile Defense Agency had targeted demonstrating megawatt lasers by 2023-2024. The US Army recently had an announcement of a contract for 250-300 kilowatt lasers on a large truck by 2024. This means that four container-sized laser power systems could be combined on a Navy ship or at a Missile Defense base for a megawatt laser. A large US Army truck is the same size as a shipping container. A mobile 250-kilowatt laser has all the power, fuel and electronics for module that could be used for a megawatt laser. It is trivial for four smaller lasers can combine their beams…read more. Open Access Update to Congressional Report on Military Lasers
One Navy briefing slide entitled “HEL Missions”