How the Navy Plans to "See" Through the Chaos and Conquer the Future of Supersonic Warfare

How the Navy Plans to "See" Through the Chaos and Conquer the Future of Supersonic Warfare

In the high-stakes battle space of the future, airborne high-energy weapons and laser targeting systems will face the daunting challenge of intercepting advanced drones and hypersonic missiles—often at blistering Mach speeds—where precision is everything and the margin for error is virtually nonexistent. A single miscalculation, a momentary distortion in a beam of light, could spell the difference between mission success and failure. A recent sc…