{"id":7085,"date":"2019-11-12T08:32:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T07:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spazio-news.it\/?p=7085"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:44:00","slug":"lockheed-laser-weapon-system-athena-successfully-defends-uavs-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/spazio-news.it\/?p=7085","title":{"rendered":"LOCKHEED, LASER WEAPON SYSTEM: ATHENA SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS UAVS THREAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lockheedmartin.com\/\">Lockheed Martin<\/a> recently demonstrated their <strong>laser<\/strong> <strong>weapon system<\/strong> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforce.com\/\">US Air Force &#8211; USAF<\/a> at a <strong>government<\/strong> <strong>test<\/strong> range at <strong>Fort Sill<\/strong>, <strong>Oklahoma<\/strong>, where the system successfully engaged and <strong>shot down multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles &#8211; UAVs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Advanced Test High Energy Asset &#8211; ATHENA<\/strong> operated in a fully-netted engagement environment with a government <strong>command and control &#8211; C2<\/strong> <strong>system<\/strong> and <strong>radar sensor<\/strong>. The <strong>radar<\/strong> track was provided to airmen who operated <strong>ATHENA<\/strong> via cues from the <strong>C2<\/strong>, then <strong>ATHENA<\/strong>&#8216;<strong>s<\/strong> beam director <strong>slewed<\/strong>, <strong>acquired<\/strong>, <strong>tracked<\/strong> and <strong>defeated<\/strong> the <strong>drone<\/strong> with a <strong>high-energy laser<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We&#8217;ve watched in recent news this type of laser weapon solution is essential for deterring unmanned vehicle type threats, so it&#8217;s an exciting time for us to watch airmen compete Lockheed Martin&#8217;s critical technology<\/em> &#8211; said at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spazio-news.it\/\">Spazio-News Magazine<\/a> <strong>Sarah Reeves<\/strong><strong>, vice president of Missile Defense Programs <\/strong>for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lockheedmartin.com\/\">Lockheed<\/a> -. <em>ATHENA has evolved to ensure integration and agility are key and it remains an affordable capability for the warfighter<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Validating this type of full kill-chain performance has been a priority of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforce.com\/\">USAF<\/a> and other branches of the US Department of Defense, and it remains a requirement for laser weapons to be effective against <strong>drones<\/strong> on the <strong>battlefield<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>ATHENA system<\/strong> was developed by <strong>Lockheed Martin<\/strong> to integrate seamlessly and provide a cost-effective, complementary <strong>anti-drone capability \u2013 C-UAVs<\/strong> with the network of systems the warfighter is already using. <strong>ATHENA<\/strong> was operated by <strong>US Air Force<\/strong> personnel during this demonstration, and it was able to destroy <strong>multiple<\/strong> <strong>Unmanned Aerial Systems &#8211; 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