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Raytheon HELWS
Also known as: HELWS · High Energy Laser Weapon System
Manufacturer: Raytheon
Vehicle-mountable high-energy laser weapon system fielded for evaluation with the US Air Force and US Army against Group 1–3 UAS, integrating Raytheon's MTS sensor suite.
SPECIFICATIONS
Category
laser
In service since
2019
Defeat range
3 km
Mobility
vehicle-mounted
Domain
ground
Pentagon C-UAS
Listed
CAPABILITIES
Detection: EO, IR
Defeat: laser
Drone class targets: Group-1, Group-2
KNOWN OPERATORS
NOTABLE DEPLOYMENTS
Operated by US Air Force base-defence units and forward-deployed in CENTCOM AOR for evaluation.
SOURCES
Data confidence: 80 / 100. Catalog is in active development.