High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator, The Boeing Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA


Boeing's drone killing laser takes down targets with an Xbox controller

Published on Sep 8, 2014

The High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD)—basically a high-energy laser mounted on top of a big truck—was successfully used to blast some UAV drones and 60mm mortars out of the Florida sky earlier this year, Boeing announced Thursday. Boeing has designed the system to be operated by a driver and an operator with a laptop and an Xbox controller.
 
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