Kudala sazi ukuba iinjineli kunye nososayensi bakaRhulumente wase-United States basebenzela umkhosi welizwe kwiprojekthi apho kuhlose ukuphuhlisa isixhobo se-laser Iyakwazi ukudubula iidrones kwisithuba esincinci sexesha, iprojekthi ebonakala ngathi iqala ukuthwala isiqhamo ngokolwazi lwamva nje olupapashiweyo.
Ukuya kwinkcukacha ezithe kratya, le projekthi yenziwa kumaziko omnye wabathengisi abaqhelekileyo boMkhosi wase-United States onje Lockheed Martin, efanayo eyenze oko babhaptiza njenge UATHENA, isixhobo esinamandla se-laser I-kilowatts ezingama-30 zamandla ukuba ngoku, emva kweenyanga ezininzi zophuhliso, kuhlobo lwayo lwamva nje, iyakwazi dubula idrone kwimizuzwana nje embalwa.
Isixhobo seLaser soMkhosi wase-US siyakwazi ukudubula iidrones ezinkulu ngemizuzwana nje embalwa
Ukwenza olu phuculo lube nokwenzeka, sithetha ngento yokuba ixesha elithathiweyo ukudubula i-drone phakathi kwenqwelomoya lincitshisiwe laya kuthi ga kwisiqingatha, iinjineli zisebenzise umvelisi omtsha we-turbo eyenziwe yinkampani yeRoll-Royce. Njengeenkcukacha, xelela ukuba iidrones ezisetyenziselwa ukwenza uvavanyo lwesixhobo se-laser kwizithuthi ezinkulu, ezimbalwa 3,3 yeemitha ukusuka kwincam ukuya kwincam yamaphiko ayisiyiyo i-quadcopter eqhelekileyo yorhwebo esiyiqhelileyo.
Njengoko kuphawuliwe UKeoki jackson, umlawuli wangoku wetekhnoloji kwilizwekazi laseLockheed Martin:
Njengokuba itekhnoloji yezixhobo ze-laser ikhula kwaye isebenza ngakumbi, siya sisondela ekudaleni isixhobo esiza kuthi sikunike ezona ndlela zokuzikhusela kubalwi bethu, ngokulahla izoyikiso ezikude.