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By Jill Pickett, Arnold Engineering Development Complex Public Affairs / Published March 16, 2021 Jay Caldwell, a commercial machinist, works on venturis mounted inside the scavenging scoop in the 16-foot supersonic wind tunnel, Nov. 3, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The scoop was modified to allow for the calibration of a large-scale mass flow assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett) Nathan Payne, Flight Systems Test Branch, Test Division propulsion subject matter expert and Josh Webb, Analysis Flight commander, Flight Systems Test Branch, watch data as it is ...

Innovation by the Aerodynamics Test Branch resulted in new ways to calibrate mass flow assembly in wind-tunnel testing. ,

U.S. Air Force Tests Directed Energy Counter-UAS Weapon Our Bureau 2127 Raytheon's High-Energy Laser Weapon System. The U.S. Air Force said it tested High Energy Laser Weapon System 2 (HELWS2 or H2) counter-Unmanned Aerial System (c-UAS) directed energy weapon (DEW) last year. “This experiment has many notable U.S. Air Force firsts, including the complete training of and operation of the system by Security Forces Airmen, the first directed energy c-UAS capability, and the first integration with a base,”said Lt. Col. Jared Rupp, DE CTF director. “Additionally, these locations were sel...

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...

Second test of Air Force's drone-killing laser may start later this year By (0) The U.S. Air Force is testing high-powered lasers and microwaves for use of directed energy to shoot down drones and other aerial objects, it said on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Raytheon Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Further experiments in directed energy weapons -- which use of lasers and microwaves to intercept hostile airborne objects -- are expected in 2021, the U.S. Air Force said on Wednesday. A one-year assessment of the High Energy Laser Weapon System 2, or HELWS2, made by Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, beg...