Disclosed are battery systems for powering a laser weapon, and methods of thereof. A system includes a battery bank comprising a plurality of cylindrical battery cells electrically connected in series and parallel to form a plurality of modules, wherein an air flow path through each module defined by a spacing between a surface of each battery cell and its neighboring battery cell. Furthermore a control system is configured to provide cooling via airflow from the one or more fans to temperature control the battery modules to prevent the temperature difference between a first side of the battery module and a second side of the battery module from rising above a predetermined threshold while the laser weapon is active and consuming energy from the battery bank.

An apparatus for a directed-energy weapon comprises an assessment system arranged to, during an assessment phase, perform an assessment of a target environment, wherein the target environment comprises a target; and a controller arranged to, during the assessment phase, control the directed energy weapon to direct energy towards the target environment so that the assessment system can perform the assessment using the directed energy.

A system includes at least one imaging sensor configured to capture images of a target. The system also includes at least one controller configured to generate super-resolution images of the target using the captured images and identify multiple edges of the target using the super-resolution images. The at least one controller is also configured to identify an aimpoint on the target based on the identified edges of the target. In addition, the at least one controller is configured to update the aimpoint on the target as the target moves over time. The system may further include a high-energy laser (HEL) configured to generate an HEL beam that is directed towards the target, and the at least one controller may be configured to adjust one or more optical devices to direct the HEL beam at the identified aimpoint on the target.

Disclosed are systems and methods of heating and cooling a laser system by providing a vapor compression system having a plurality of compressors. A control system controls the activity of each compressor and activates and manages the speed of each compressor to efficiently provide cooling and heating of the laser system.

Embodiments pertain to a system for controlling outputting of light towards objects, the system comprising a detection subsystem configured to detect, for at least one object, one or more values of object characteristics, the object characteristics comprising, at least, electromagnetic absorption characteristics, wherein detection of object characteristic values is performed such that the object remains structurally intact; a light source subsystem comprising at least one light source for generating output light and directing the output light towards an object; and a controller configured to control, based on the detected object characteristics values, at least one operational parameter value of the at least one light source such that at least some of the output light that is directed towards the object has electromagnetic characteristics that correspond to the detected values of the electromagnetic absorption characteristics of the object, in order to structurally change at least part of the respective object.

A beam director system for a high-energy laser (HEL) weapon includes correction sensors that are able detect misalignments in optical elements throughout the entire optical path traversed by the high-energy laser. The system includes beam correction sensors that sense misalignments in a first part of the optical path, and high-speed track sensors that sense misalignments in a second part of the optical path, with the first part and the second part overlapping. This allows all optics to be sensed by the beam correction sensors and/or the high-speed track sensors. The system can accommodate a wide variety of lasers for the HEL, preferably including a co-boresighted and aligned alignment laser. By having the track sensors further downstream on the optical path than in prior devices, the acquisition and track sensor fields of view of the system may be improved.

A laser weapon system is described. Particularly, embodiments describe subsystems of a laser weapon system including those necessary for laser generation, operational control, optical emission, and heat dissipation configured to provide a lightweight unit of reduced dimensions.

A laser radiation system is provided with a search radiation section that radiates search light to a target object, a laser radiation section that radiates a laser beam, an image acquisition section that acquires a first image in which the target object irradiated with the search light is imaged and a second image in which an imaging range including the target object is imaged, a generation section that generates, based on the first and the second images, a generated image in which an influence by disturbance light is less than in the first image, and a radiation control section that controls, based on the generated image, a direction in which the laser radiation section radiates the laser beam. In addition, in the present laser radiation system, an intensity Intensity of the search light by which an image is formed in the second image is smaller than an intensity of the search light by which an image is formed in the first image.

A laser radiation system provided with a search radiation section that radiates search light to a target object, a laser radiation section that radiates a laser beam, an image acquisition section that acquires a first image in which the target object irradiated with the search light is imaged and a second image in which an imaging range including the target object is imaged, a generation section that generates, based on the first and second images, a generated image in which an influence by disturbance light is less than in the first image, and a radiation control section that controls, based on the generated image, a direction in which the laser radiation section radiates the laser beam. Intensity of the search light by which an image is formed in the second image is smaller than an intensity of the search light by which an image is formed in the first image.

A system includes a laser source configured to generate laser energy and a LADAR source configured to generate LADAR energy. The system also includes a beam director configured to direct the laser energy as a laser beam towards a target and to direct the LADAR energy as a LADAR beam towards the target. The system further includes a LADAR detector configured to sense a received portion of the LADAR energy reflected from the target. In addition, the system includes one or more first filters configured to attenuate at least a portion of the laser energy following an optical path towards the LADAR detector while allowing at least part of the received portion of the LADAR energy reflected from the target to pass to the LADAR detector.

A laser weapon system is described. Particularly, embodiments describe subsystems of a laser weapon system including those necessary for laser generation, operational control, optical emission, and heat dissipation configured to provide a lightweight unit of reduced dimensions.