Army Technology

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) demonstrated a deployable prototype of its first Directed Energy Weapon (DEW), the Fractl Portable High Energy Laser, at the Puckapunyal range in May.

The DEW, which is capable of tracking objects “as small as a 10-cent piece” travelling at 100 km/h from distances as great as 1km, is part of ADF’s expansion of its counter-uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) arsenal. 

A release from the Australian Ministry of Defence on 17 June 2024, emphasises the speed in training soldiers as operators using intuitive controls and sophisticated computer-aided tracking. 

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