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Air Force Successfully Tests Lockheed Martin-Built Directed Energy Weapon

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, November 8th, 2019

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Air Force Successfully Tests Lockheed Martin-Built Directed Energy Weapon

Lockheed Martin's Advanced Test High Energy Asset (ATHENA). (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the Air Force have successfully tested a company-developed transportable high-speed laser weapon capable of countering unmanned aerial systems. Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Test High Energy Asset (ATHENA) was recently demonstrated by service personnel at a government test range at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, the company said Nov. 7. It operated in a netted environment with a government command and control (C2) system and radar sensor, and successfully shot down multiple fixed-wing and rotary unmanned aerial vehicles. Airmen operated…

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