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Lockheed Martin Performs First Ever Outdoor Flight Test Of Laser-Powered UAS

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] and LaserMotive, Inc., completed a series of flight tests of the Stalker unmanned aerial system (UAS), marking the first-ever outdoor flight of a laser-powered UAS, Lockheed Martin said yesterday in a statement. Stalker is a small, silent UAS used by U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) since 2006 to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. Stalker demonstrated 48 hours of continuous flight powered by this innovative laser system in a recent wind tunnel test. Stalker was fitted…

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