In addition to the directed energy system for the Stryker, the Army is looking at a small laser for a smaller vehicle.

除了用于“斯瑞克”的定向能系统外，陆军还在研究用于小型车辆的小型激光器。

 

By   ANDREW EVERSDEN

on August 10, 2022

安德鲁·埃弗森

2022年8月10日

 

U.S. Army Soldiers with Alpha Battery, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery, 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command, conduct drivers Training on the M-SHORAD stryker, May 25, 2021, at the Oberdachstetten Range Complex, Germany. (U.S. Army photo by Georgios Moumoulidis)

2021年5月25日，第10陆军防空与导弹防御司令部第4防空炮兵部队第5营阿尔法连队的美国陆军士兵在德国奥伯达施泰顿靶场的M-SHORAD“斯瑞克”上进行驾驶员培训。（美国陆军照片由乔治·穆穆利迪斯拍摄）

 

SMD 2022 — The US Army’s rapid capabilities office plans to deliver its first combat laser to Stryker units in next few weeks and is moving ahead with a project to mount a laser weapon on another vehicle, according to the office’s director.

SMD 2022-据美国陆军快速能力办公室主任介绍，该办公室计划在未来几周内向“斯瑞克”部队交付其第一台作战激光器，并正在推进一项在另一辆车上安装激光武器的项目。

 

Speaking at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Ala., Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, head of the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, said today the first battery of Directed Energy-Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) will go to an air defense battery at Fort Sill, Okla. in the next 45 days.

快速能力和关键技术办公室负责人尼尔·瑟古德中将在阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔举行的太空和导弹防御研讨会上发表讲话说，今天第一批“定向能机动短程防空系统”（DE M- SHORAD）将在接下来的45天内前往俄克拉荷马州西尔堡的防空连队。

 

The DE M-SHORAD program, one of the Army’s top 35 modernization priorities, mounts a 50-kilowatt laser onto a Stryker vehicle. It’s designed to defend soldiers against drones from size group one (up to 20 pounds) through three (up to 1,320 pounds), in addition to rockets, mortars and artillery. Thurgood said during a presentation that the Army still has “a lot to learn” about directed energy, but said the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) will largely remain the same.

“定向能机动短程防空系统”项目是美陆军35项最优先的现代化项目之一，它将50千瓦的激光安装在“斯瑞克”车辆上。除了火箭、迫击炮和大炮之外，它的设计目的是保护士兵免受一号组（20磅）到三号组（1320磅）的无人机的攻击。瑟古德在一次演讲中表示，陆军在定向能方面仍有“很多东西需要学习”，但他表示，战术、技术和程序（TTP）将基本保持不变。

 

“The TPPs for firing a laser are almost like the TPPs for firing a bullet,” Thurgood said. “It’s just a bullet made out of light — that’s the only differences. The kill chain is the same.”

瑟古德说：“发射激光的TPP几乎就像发射子弹的TPP”。“这只是一颗由光制成的子弹-这是唯一的区别。杀伤链是一样的。”

 

Thurgood said the DE M-SHORAD system has already participated in two live fire events. At the first live fire, the platform was able to “track” mortar rounds, but didn’t take them out. After six additional months of work, the DE M-SHORAD program was able to defeat the mortars.

瑟古德说，“定向能机动短程防空系统”已经参加了两次实弹射击活动。在第一次实弹射击中，平台能够“追踪”迫击炮弹，但没有将其击落。在另外六个月的工作之后，“定向能机动短程防空系统”计划能够击败迫击炮。

 

To better protect smaller infantry units, Thurgood said that RCCTO recently kicked off a project to put a 20-kilowatt laser on an infantry squad vehicle, a small troop transport that can carry nine soldiers. The new project, called the Army Multi-Purpose High Energy Laser (AMP-HEL), will be delivered in FY2023.

为了更好地保护较小的步兵单位，瑟古德说，美国陆军快速能与关键技术办公室(RCCTO)最近启动了一个项目，在步兵班车辆上安装20千瓦的激光器，这是一种可以搭载9名士兵的小型部队运输工具。这个名为“陆军多用途高能激光器”(AMP-HEL)的新项目将于2023财年交付。

 

The capabilities of the 20-kilowatt laser for AMP-HEL are more limited than its Stryker-mounted counterpart, and can only defend against group one and two unmanned systems. Soldiers would still be vulnerable to group three drones and rockets, artillery and mortars.

用于“陆军多用途高能激光器”的20千瓦激光器的能力比安装在“斯瑞克”上的同类激光器更为有限，只能防御第一组和第二组无人系统。士兵们仍然容易受到第三组无人机、火箭、大炮和迫击炮的攻击。

 

The Army is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in counter-unmanned aerial systems as the proliferation of low-cost drones threatens soldiers and installations both abroad and domestically. In conflicts abroad in just the last few years, drones have been proven their effectiveness in delivering munitions on targets, artillery spotting and other reconnaissance missions. In fiscal 2022 appropriations, Congress gave the Army $434 million for counter-UAS efforts, up from its budget request of $60 million.

随着低成本无人机的扩散威胁到国内外的士兵和设施，美国陆军正在投资数亿美元用于对抗无人机系统。在过去几年的国外冲突中，无人机已被证明能够有效地向目标投放弹药，完成火炮侦察和其他侦察任务。在2022财政年度拨款中，美国会向美陆军拨款4.34亿美元，用于对抗无人机，高于其6000万美元的预算要求。