(WAFF) – Emerging technology geared at helping soldiers in combat is being developed on Redstone Arsenal. High-energy lasers are capable of eliminating threats, to keep our troops safe.
On Monday, engineers explained how the Mobile Experimental High Energy Laser (MEHEL) works at the headquarters for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command.
“It’s the first combat vehicle in the Army that has a high energy laser integrated fully on it as a self contained a weapon system. It’s also the first high energy laser platform that has a soldier inside using the weapon to shoot down a UAS, a drone,” said Dr. Richard Yaw.
He is the Director of Air & Missile Defense for the SMDC Tech Center and Chief of the High Energy Laser Division.
They shared video of the laser in action, destroying a drone. It can bore holes in different things and it’s all packaged into a striker vehicle.
