Black Dart 2010
Abstract
During Black Dart exercises in FY 2008 and FY 2009, the high energy laser (HEL) system successfully demonstrated the ability to spot and actively track Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS), and Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (RAM) targets. In addition, the HEL successfully negated multiple small tactical UAVs. This project (Black Dart 2010), will be executed by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and will build upon the success of the previous two years and focus on maximizing HEL fluency on targets, improving tracker algorithms for single, and swarming scenarios of UAVs, and prepare for connectivity to the Air Picture Situational Awareness at Black Dart exercises. The overall objective of this project is to increase tactical negation ranges of UAVs utilizing the HEL system with quicker response times against more representative targets.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- f8fb5ce1af70ac4e4278179e29c662c4