Upcoming 30-50 kW solid state laser:Likely the dew trial truck trailer setup from CHESS , some trial work to start soon, they were gathering required technical workers for that.
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DRDO's 300kW Laser System, to be built under DcPP procedure with a Private and Public Vendor.
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A 100-kW mobile vehicle borne counter UAS laser DEW for Army is under development now.
A similar 100 kW CUAS for Navy is also in the works.
The 300-kW laser DEW is a semi static system meant for protection of HVA/HVP against UAS.
These C-UAS sys will later evolve into C-RAM.
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Project completion date of AULWS-50 is this year.
And we will get a system at par with Rafael Iron Beam next year.
Good progress in DEW so far.
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Can someone tell me what's the difference between Single Channel and Multi Channel?
D4 & VMCDS 2kW laser DEW:
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SS 10-12 kW multichannel laser DEW:
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P-56 30 kW multichannel laser DEW:
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All on highly mobile 4x4 platforms, DRDO CHESS has done well so far.
Single channel means the laser has a single source. Such a laser will have very high coherence, a single wavelength & overall a more predictable spectral & power delivery behavior.Can someone tell me what's the difference between Single Channel and Multi Channel?
What is the highest KW laser we have developed so far? Can be in testing phase too.Single channel means the laser has a single source. Such a laser will have very high coherence, a single wavelength & overall a more predictable spectral & power delivery behavior.
Multi-channel could mean multiple sources of the light used to form the laser beam or multiple laser beams converging to form a single beam. So, the laser will have multiple wavelengths, a reduced coherence & will have a bit more erratic behavior.
For a DEW applications single channel lasers are thought to be superior in performance. Although at power ranges less than 150 kW, the difference isn't as great.
Single channel lasers are more expensive than multi-channel lasers. So, for smaller, highly mobile, tactical DEWs it makes sense to go for multi-channel lasers.
What is the highest KW laser we have developed so far? Can be in testing phase too.
Because it is a gas laser it is very large & impractical for military use. But it did give CHESS-DRDO a lot of experience in designing & validating the electronics & backend software for a laser of such power.100 kW gas dynamic laser:
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pic slightly cleaned for better readingTechnological challenges to making a 100-kW laser DEW. From a recent seminar:
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