Kratos Laser Weapon System
The unmanned systems segment consists of.
Kratos laser weapon system. In 2010 kratos defense security solutions was awarded an 11 million dollar contract to develop laws in. The weapon is to be installed on the uss ponce for field testing in late 2013 or early 2014. Initial testing of the laws which cost around 40m to develop saw the system successfully destroy two small metal targets on floating platforms as well as a target drone. The an seq 4 laser weapon system built by kratos and developed by the us naval research lab is a directed energy weapon.
Under that award kratos will provide dahlgren with a range of services designed to help determine the lethality and vulnerability of weapons systems the company said. In december 2014 the united states navy reported that the laws system worked perfectly against low end asymmetric threats and that the commander of the ponce is authorized to use the system as a defensive weapon. The laser that the navy has decided to build and has hired northrop grumman to build is called the laser weapon system demonstrator lwsd and it s quite a monster. The kratos government solutions segment includes microwave electronic products satellite communications modular systems and rocket support operating.
On may 7 kratos said it won a 49 9 million contract with the naval surface warfare center dahlgren division located in dahlgren va. Initial testing of the laws which cost around 40m to develop saw the system successfully destroy two small metal targets on floating platforms as well as a target drone. Kratos personnel deploy to customer specified locations to perform aerial target related missions. Kratos is focused in areas where tech advances can have a force multiplier effect such as unmanned systems satellite communications c5isr warfighter training and combat systems.
The other half of the division kratos unmanned control systems delivers advanced unmanned vehicle technology such as command control c2 and vehicle management systems for unmatched air land and sea effectiveness. The weapon was installed on uss ponce for field testing in 2014. In a 51 million contract announced april 8 kratos said that with a strategic partner it will provide the space and naval warfare systems center pacific with tactical data link systems. Weighing in at 150 kilowatts in energy output lwsd will be about four and a half times as powerful as kratos s laws.
The an seq 3 laser weapon system or xn 1 laws is a laser weapon developed by the united states navy.