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定向能武器:全球市場Global Directed Energy Weapons Market |
現代戰鬥可能非常戲劇化。 這是一項極具顛覆性的技術,第一個開發並實現這些能力的國家將在戰場上擁有明顯的優勢。 利用電磁能,如高強度激光、高功率微波器件、激光衛星通信終端等,稱為直接能源。 直接能源主要用於兩個目的。 一種是非常強烈的光束,可以識別遠距離的目標,或者在必要時從遠距離摧毀目標。
直接能量的另一個用途是非常高強度的射頻能量束,可以瞄準目標以摧毀或以其他方式損壞電子設備,從而使目標失效。 定向能似乎是戰爭中相對較新的發展,但其歷史可以追溯到阿基米德時代。 據報導,阿基米德使用鏡子將太陽光線引導到敵方船隻上,以點燃接近船隻的帆。 但今天,這些武器正在成為現實,並在 21 世紀得到實際應用。 第三,它們往往擁有非常大的彈匣,彈匣容量接近無限;第四,它們具有隱身飛行特性,使其極難識別和攔截;第五,它們具有殺傷力,能夠從非殺傷到非殺傷進行調整。 。
美國陸軍正式部署一排配備激光的“攻擊者”裝甲車。 安裝在“前鋒”上的激光武器在戰鬥測試中成功地收集、跟蹤、瞄準並摧毀了多枚迫擊砲。 它的定向能量甚至可以使小型、中型和大型無人機喪失能力。 雷神公司表示,50 千瓦的激光可以為士兵在應對日益複雜的威脅時提供新的安全水平。
中國還致力於生產定向能武器,官方媒體和公司發布了手持式和車載激光系統的圖像和視頻。 其中包括針對國內執法或人群控制的手持破壞性激光武器,其發明者聲稱,當激光設置為最大強度時,可以立即損壞人體皮膚和組織。聲稱這是可能的。 你還可以點燃你的衣服,將小型無人機從天上擊落,並炸毀油箱。
俄羅斯最近聲稱正在利用新一代強大的激光摧毀敵方無人機,並部署了莫斯科的一些秘密武器來對抗西方武器的大量湧入。確實如此。 一輛裝甲車上安裝了一種名為 Zadira-16 的激光武器。 西方觀察家首次注意到該設備是在 2017 年的俄羅斯國防展覽會上。 它是由位於下諾夫哥羅德州薩羅夫的俄羅斯聯邦核中心製造的。 該中心由國有核電公司俄羅斯原子能公司運營。
戰場在不斷發展,新威脅的規模如此巨大,以至於空中導彈防禦火砲等現有運動系統將無法應對無人機群等威脅。 將高能激光器等非運動定向能設備與移動防禦相結合對於戰勝這些威脅至關重要。 預計這將成為推動市場增長的主要市場趨勢之一。
影響定向能武器市場規模的趨勢
影響市場增長的主要趨勢包括激光和射頻源技術、系統自動化、可集成到未來軍事平台、光束控制和目標檢測中的先進電源和冷卻技術。 人工智能(AI)也將在目標檢測和交戰中發揮關鍵作用。
國防開支的增加將推動定向能武器的研發和採購活動。 歐洲和亞太地區的地緣政治局勢也推動了採購。
市場預測包括全面的市場分析和市場規模。 市場分析包括按地區劃分的市場規模、市場驅動因素、限制因素和機會。 區域分析還包括按國家/地區劃分的市場規模。
英國國防科學技術實驗室 (DSTL) 在波頓唐進行了首次遠程激光定向能武器 (LDEW) 測試。 該測試驗證了高能激光器和相關技術(例如光束導向器)在攔截遠程目標方面的性能和可行性。 DragonFire 演示器在演示過程中針對不同距離的不同目標進行了測試。 參加演示的不僅有來自多個領域的專家,還有為提高激光能力做出貢獻的行業合作夥伴。
洛克希德·馬丁公司已經向五角大樓交付了有史以來最強大的定向能武器。 這種 300 千瓦的激光器是作為 HELSI(高能激光縮放計劃)的一部分而開發的,由國防部副部長研究與技術辦公室負責監督。 該公司選擇洛克希德·馬丁公司在 2019 年建造 300kW 級產能。 洛克希德·馬丁公司在一份聲明中表示,該公司已經提前交付了迄今為止開發的最強大的激光器。
Modern combat has the potential to be highly dramatic. It's a very disruptive technology, and the country that develops and feels these capabilities first will have a distinct advantage on the battlefield. The utilization of electromagnetic energy, such as high-intensity lasers, high-powered microwave devices, and laser SATCOM communication terminals, is referred to as direct energy. Direct Energy is used for two main purposes. The first is an extremely high-intensity beam of light that can identify a target from a very great distance or, if necessary, destroy that target from a very long distance.
Another application of direct energy is a very high-intensity beam of radio frequency energy that can be directed toward a target to disable it, either by disrupting the electronics or causing damage in some other way. One might think that directed energy is a relatively new development in warfighting, but it dates back to Archimedes' time. It is reported that Archimedes used mirrors to direct the rays from the Sun at approaching enemy ships to set their sails on fire, but today we've gotten to the point where these weapons are becoming real and have real applications in the twenty-first century, and it is time for us to start getting these weapons into the field. Three, they often have very large magazines, nearly endless mag, four, they have stealth flight characteristics, making them exceedingly difficult to identify and intercept, and five, they can be tuned from lethal to non-fatal.
The United States Army will officially deploy a laser-equipped Stryker armored vehicle platoon. The Stryker-mounted laser weapon successfully collected, tracked, targeted, and defeated multiple mortars during a live-fire test. Its directed energy also renders small, medium, and large drones ineffective. The 50-kilowatt laser, according to Raytheon, can offer soldiers a new degree of safety as the army tackles increasingly complex threats.
China has also undertaken efforts to build directed-energy weapons, with photographs and films of hand-held and vehicle-mounted laser systems released by official media and businesses. These include a hand-held damaging laser weapon intended for domestic law enforcement - crowd control - however its inventors claim that when set to maximum strength, the laser can instantaneously damage human skin and tissue. It is also capable of igniting clothing, knocking a small drone out of the sky, and blowing up a fuel tank.
Russia recently claimed that it was utilizing a new generation of powerful lasers to destroy enemy drones, deploying some of Moscow's secret weaponry to counter a flood of Western weapons. The laser weapon, known as the Zadira-16, is installed on an armored truck. Western observers first noticed the device in 2017 at a Russian defense exhibition. It was created by the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre in Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod. The center is run by the state-owned atomic energy firm Rosatom.
The battlefield is constantly evolving and because of the sheer magnitude of emerging threats, existing kinetic systems such as air missile defense batteries will be unable to fight against threats such as drone swarms. It will be critical to defeating these threats by combining non-kinetic, directed-energy devices such as high-energy lasers with kinetic defenses. This will be one of the key market trends that will drive the growth of the market.
Trends influencing the directed-energy weapons market size
Laser and RF source technology, system automation, sophisticated power and cooling technologies that can be integrated into military platforms in the future, beam control, and target detection are some of the key market trends that will influence the growth of the market. AI will also play a pivotal role in detecting and engaging targets.
Increasing defense spending will drive R&D and procurement activity for directed energy weapons. Procurement will also be driven by prevailing geo-political conditions in Europe and the Asia Pacific.
The market forecast includes a comprehensive market analysis and market size. The market analysis includes regional market size, drivers, restraints, and opportunities. The regional analysis also includes country-wise market size.
At Porton Down, the UK Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has conducted its first long-range laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) test. The test verified the performance and viability of high-energy lasers and related technologies, such as the beam director, in intercepting long-range targets. A DragonFire demonstrator was tested against various targets at varying distances throughout the demonstration. The demonstration was attended by experts from many sectors as well as industrial partners who contributed to the growth of the laser capacity.
Lockheed Martin has delivered to the Defense Department its most powerful directed energy weapon to date. The 300-kilowatt laser was created as part of the High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative, or HELSI, which is overseen by the office of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. Lockheed Martin was chosen by the office to build the 300 kW-class capability in 2019. According to a Lockheed Martin news statement, the corporation delivered the laser which is the most powerful it has ever developed is ahead of schedule.