The latest system tested, the High Energy Laser Weapon System 2, also known as HELWS2 or H2, is a counter-Unmanned Aerial System (c-UAS) directed energy weapon (DEW).,
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By Bradley Hicks, AEDC/PA / Published February 16, 2021
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Throughout 2020, the 704th Test Group’s Operating Location AA, part of the Directed Energy Combined Test Force, or DE CTF, focused much of its effort on the testing of weapons designed to prevent adversarial drone observation and assault.
The latest system tested, the High Energy Laser Weapon System 2, also known as HELWS2 or H2, is a counter-Unmanned Aerial System (c-UAS) directed energy weapon (DEW).
H2 was tested as part of a directed energy experiment that began in the spring of 2020 and was managed by the Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation, or SDPE, office. This experiment has involved taking commercial off the shelf systems and deploying them to several Combatant Commands, or COCOMs, for training, testing and evaluation for a one-year period.
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By Holly Jordan, Air Force Research Laboratory / Published January 03, 2021
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Low Altitude Sensing Helmet, or LASH, system Lysander XCub sits on the tramac during a stop at the Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport in Greene County, Ohio, Dec. 21, 2020. The aircraft was traveling to the AFRL 711th Human Performance Wing’s contracted research flight test organization facility in Maryland and will be used to advance the initial “Lysander” personnel recovery flight experiments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Low Altitude Sensing Helmet, or LASH, Lysander XCub flies, Dec. 21, 2020 on its journey to the AFRL 711th Human Performance Wing’s contracted research flight test organization facility in Maryland. The aircraft will be used to advance the initial “Lysander” personnel recovery flight experiments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge)