{"id":19225,"date":"2026-10-17T06:05:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=19225"},"modified":"2026-10-17T06:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:05:38","slug":"el-us-army-necesita-sistemas-laser-de-alta-energia-adaptables-a-cualquier-vehiculo-de-dotacion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=19225","title":{"rendered":"El US Army necesita sistemas l\u00e1ser de alta energ\u00eda adaptables a cualquier veh\u00edculo de dotaci\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"

El US Army busca desarrollar Sistemas de Armas de Energ\u00eda Dirigida (L\u00e1ser de Alta Energ\u00eda \u2013 HEL) altamente modulares. El objetivo impuesto es que estos sistemas especialmente aptos para defensa Contra\u2013UAS no sean dise\u00f1ados s\u00f3lo para plataformas o veh\u00edculos espec\u00edficos. La iniciativa busca que estas HEL sean lo suficientemente modulares, como para integrarse en cualquier veh\u00edculo militar disponible. Para ello, los ingenieros priorizan reducir el tama\u00f1o, el peso y los requerimientos de energ\u00eda del arma, lo que permitir\u00eda adaptar la potencia necesaria, seg\u00fan la capacidad de carga y especificaciones del transporte, sean veh\u00edculos livianos o grandes plataformas terrestres. Un aspecto destacado es que, aunque los l\u00e1seres ya demuestran eficacia operativa, el reto actual radica en su confiabilidad, debiendo ser de f\u00e1cil mantenimiento y reparables en las exigentes condiciones del campo de batalla. Con este enfoque modular, el Ej\u00e9rcito busca distribuir masivamente capacidades de Energ\u00eda Dirigida C-UAS, en unidades operativas de sus FFTT, adem\u00e1s de estandarizar un Sistema L\u00e1ser vers\u00e1til y eficiente.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. Army is pursuing a family of modular and scalable laser directed energy weapons that can be fitted to any vehicle in its inventory. The service sees this as key to expanding the operational use of lasers, particularly to provide an extra layer of defense against drone threats, and outside of dedicated units. The Army is already fielding high-energy lasers operationally on a limited basis, including along the border wth Mexico<\/a>, but the technology has faced continued hurdles<\/a> to more widespread use in recent years.<\/p>\n

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Army officials and industry representatives discussed what is currently called the Enduring-High Energy Laser (E-HEL) program during a panel discussion this week at the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s (AUSA) main annual convention<\/a>, at which TWZ <\/em>was in attendance. In September, AeroVironment received the first production contract under E-HEL <\/a>to supply examples of its 30-kilowatt-class LOCUST X3<\/a> laser directed energy weapon system. The Army has already acquired earlier LOCUST variants, including vehicle-mounted and palletized types<\/a>, through more experimental programs, and these are the systems now deployed along the southern border. The U.S. Navy has also at least tested a containerized version of LOCUST<\/a> for shipboard use as part of its own larger laser ambitions<\/a>.<\/p>\n