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Dongfeng EQ2050 with mounted mobile laser system [43] Brave Soldier A civilian version of the EQ2050 which will use petrol engines instead of diesel engines as a concept. [44] Sometimes known as EQ2040H Brave Soldier. [45] Working models were shown in Chinese auto shows. [45] Warrior M50 Production version of the EQ2050 made only for the ...
A key difference between the Kiowa Warrior and original AHIP aircraft is a universal weapons pylon found mounted on both sides of the fuselage, capable of carrying combinations of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, air-to-air Stinger (ATAS) missiles, 7-shot 2.75 inches (70 mm) Hydra-70 rocket pods, [92] and an M296 0.50 in (12.7 mm) caliber machine gun.
The 15-kilowatt laser will be used to stop aerial threats such as unmanned aerial vehicles. [299] In July 2024, it was announced that the weapon had been trialled for the first time on a British Army vehicle at Dstl’s range in Porton Down. The laser weapon neutralised targets such as enemy drones at distances in excess of 1km with 15kW of power.
The personnel halting and stimulation response rifle (PHASR) is a prototype non-lethal laser dazzler developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate, U.S. Department of Defense. [1] Its purpose is to temporarily disorient and blind a target.
One aircraft, serial 61–2666, has been modified as an NC-135W to test systems and equipment used on RC-135V and W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft. As of September 2023, 61-2666 has been withdrawn from use and stored at DMA. [10] [11] From 1975 to 1984, the US used an NKC-135 for its Airborne Laser Lab program. The modified NKC-135A ...
The AN/PSQ-42 Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular combines two image intensification tubes with an uncooled thermal imager and is able to operate in an I²-only mode or a fusion mode that combines I² with a thermal image overlay. The overlay is also capable of displaying a compass and augmented reality data from a Nett Warrior device. [7]
Task Force ODIN uniform patch. Task Force ODIN, whose name is an acronym for observe, detect, identify, and neutralize, is a United States Army aviation battalion created in August 2006 to conduct reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) operations to combat insurgent operators of improvised explosive devices in Iraq.
While based in fiction, research into energy-based weapons inspired by past speculation has contributed to real-life weapons in use by modern militaries sometimes called a sort of "death ray", such as the United States Navy and its Laser Weapon System (LaWS) deployed in mid-2014. [5] [6] Such armaments are technically known as directed-energy ...