Drawing on decades of manufacturing expertise, Raytheon produces high-energy laser systems, target designators and next generation laser range finders. Combat proven sensors and ready-now technology turn “just an idea” into a dominant battlefield advantage.
- Raytheon produced the first laser rangefinder, the first laser target designator and the first production military LADAR, a combination of radar and laser, beginning in the 1960s.
- The Company’s high energy lasers, or HEL are designed to detect and track manned and unmanned airborne vehicles, shipboard, ground-mobile and ground-based platforms.
- Combat proven, with nearly four million operational flight hours, its Multi Spectral Targeting System combines the most advanced laser designation capability with infrared sensors and fibre to enable pinpoint military operations.
Raytheon’s laser weapon systems have 360 degree coverage for sea, land and air applications. Laser technology identifies, tracks, and defends against enemy missiles, mortars, unmanned vehicles, swarming boat attacks and other “close-in” defense situations. They provide precise, clean, low-cost engagements with near-infinite magazines.
Its systems generate high power output in compact and rugged packages. The open architecture features modular, scalable designs that can be integrated on a variety of tactical platforms making them available for immediate use in combat.
Raytheon partnered with U.S. Special Operations Command and Project Management Office Apache Attack Helicopter to demonstrate the feasibility of high energy lasers on rotary wing aircraft. Confirmed on the AH-64 Apache, our HEL delivered a near-instantaneous response proving reliability and lethality in operational combat zones.
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