Applied Energetics Achieves First Multi-Drone Camera Defeat with Pulsed Laser Air Defense System
Applied Energetics (OTCQB:AERG) has achieved a significant milestone with its Pulsed Laser Air Defense (PLAID™) system, successfully neutralizing four drone-mounted cameras in just four seconds during a demonstration on August 20, 2025. This marks the company's first multi-drone "camera kills" in its development program.
The achievement follows the company's July 2025 milestone of exceeding 1 billion watt peak power with its ultrashort pulse laser (USPL) system. The demonstration validates the system's capability to deliver rapid and precise sensor disruption effects, advancing AE's mission of providing tactical directed energy solutions across various battlefield environments.
Applied Energetics (OTCQB:AERG) ha raggiunto un importante traguardo con il suo sistema Pulsed Laser Air Defense (PLAID™), neutralizzando con successo quattro telecamere montate su droni in appena quattro secondi durante una dimostrazione del 20 agosto 2025. Questo costituisce la prima serie di “colpi alle telecamere” multipli nel programma di sviluppo dell’azienda.
Il risultato segue il traguardo di luglio 2025, quando la società ha superato i 1 miliardo di watt di potenza di picco con il suo sistema a impulsi ultracorti (USPL). La dimostrazione conferma la capacità del sistema di offrire effetti di disturbo dei sensori rapidi e precisi, avanzando la missione di AE di fornire soluzioni tattiche di energia diretta per diversi ambienti operativi.
Applied Energetics (OTCQB:AERG) alcanzó un hito importante con su sistema Pulsed Laser Air Defense (PLAID™), neutralizando con éxito cuatro cámaras montadas en drones en solo cuatro segundos durante una demostración el 20 de agosto de 2025. Esto marca las primeras "bajas de cámaras" múltiples del programa de desarrollo de la compañía.
El logro sigue al hito de julio de 2025, cuando la compañía superó los 1.000 millones de vatios de potencia pico con su sistema de pulsos ultracortos (USPL). La demostración valida la capacidad del sistema para producir efectos rápidos y precisos de perturbación de sensores, avanzando la misión de AE de proporcionar soluciones tácticas de energía dirigida en diversos entornos de combate.
Applied Energetics (OTCQB:AERG)는 Pulsed Laser Air Defense(PLAID™) 시스템으로 중요한 이정표를 달성하여 2025년 8월 20일 시연에서 단 4초 만에 드론 장착 카메라 4대를 무력화하는 데 성공했습니다. 이는 회사 개발 프로그램에서 처음으로 동시에 여러 카메라를 무력화한 사례입니다.
이번 성과는 2025년 7월 회사가 초단펄스 레이저(USPL) 시스템으로 피크 출력 10억 와트를 초과한 이정표를 달성한 데 이은 것입니다. 이번 시연은 시스템이 빠르고 정밀하게 센서 교란 효과를 제공할 수 있음을 입증했으며, 다양한 전장 환경에서 전술적 지향성 에너지 솔루션을 제공하려는 AE의 미션을 진전시킵니다.
Applied Energetics (OTCQB:AERG) a franchi une étape importante avec son système Pulsed Laser Air Defense (PLAID™), neutralisant avec succès quatre caméras montées sur des drones en seulement quatre secondes lors d'une démonstration le 20 août 2025. Il s'agit des premières « neutralisations de caméras » multiples dans le programme de développement de la société.
Cette réussite fait suite au jalon de juillet 2025, lorsque la société a dépassé 1 milliard de watts de puissance crête avec son système à impulsions ultracourtes (USPL). La démonstration valide la capacité du système à produire des effets de perturbation des capteurs rapides et précis, faisant progresser la mission d'AE de fournir des solutions d'énergie dirigée tactiques adaptées à divers environnements de combat.
Applied Energetics (OTCQB:AERG) hat mit seinem Pulsed Laser Air Defense (PLAID™)-System einen bedeutenden Meilenstein erreicht, indem es während einer Demonstration am 20. August 2025 vier drohnenmontierte Kameras in nur vier Sekunden erfolgreich neutralisierte. Dies ist der erste Mehrfach-"Kamera-Treffer" im Entwicklungsprogramm des Unternehmens.
Der Erfolg folgt auf den Meilenstein im Juli 2025, als das Unternehmen mit seinem Ultrakurzpulslaser-System (USPL) mehr als 1 Milliarde Watt Spitzenleistung erzielte. Die Demonstration bestätigt die Fähigkeit des Systems, schnelle und präzise Sensorstörungen zu erzeugen, und fördert AEs Ziel, taktische gerichtete Energielösungen für verschiedene Gefechtsfelder bereitzustellen.
- Successfully defeated 4 drone cameras in 4 seconds, demonstrating rapid multi-target capability
- Achieved 1 billion watt peak power threshold with USPL system in July 2025
- System shows potential for integration across various platforms due to optimized size, weight, and power profile
- System is still in early prototype phase
- Further development needed for longer ranges and more complex scenarios
TUCSON, AZ / ACCESS Newswire / September 5, 2025 / Applied Energetics, Inc. ("AE") (OTCQB:AERG), a leader in ultrashort pulse directed energy and laser systems, announced a major milestone in its Battle Lab: the successful defeat of four drone-mounted cameras in rapid succession using its early prototype Pulsed Laser Air Defense (PLAIDTM) system.
During the demonstration conducted on August 20, 2025, the system neutralized four separate drones in just four seconds, marking the first multi-drone "camera kills" in AE's development program. Test imagery (see below) shows the live feed disruption and sensor defeat effects achieved in real time.
"This demonstration highlights the disruptive potential of our ultrashort pulse laser (USPL) systems for counter-UAS missions," said Chris Donaghey, President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Energetics. "Neutralizing four drones in four seconds is an extraordinary step forward in proving the real-world effects of our pulsed-laser platform. Our team continues to push the boundaries of what's possible, translating lab-scale breakthroughs into decisive operational capabilities. Our vision, 'Direct Energy Anywhere,' is embodied in this early prototype and milestone, advancing our mission to deliver decisive effects at tactically relevant ranges, all within an optimized size, weight, and power profile that enables integration and deployment across any platform or battlefield environment."
"These multi-target results validate the physics we are scaling in the lab and the ability of USPL effects to rapidly and precisely disrupt sensors," said Dr. Stephen McCahon, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of Applied Energetics. "As we expand to more complex scenarios and longer ranges, we're focused on refining beam control, gimbal performance, and shot-to-shot repeatability to deliver reliable, fieldable capabilities."
This achievement builds on AE's recent technical progress, including surpassing the 1 billion watt peak power threshold with its USPL system in July 2025. Together, these advancements underscore the scalability of AE's proprietary architecture and its potential to deliver precise, rapid, and scalable effects against drones, missiles, and sensor payloads in the modern battlespace.
About Applied Energetics, Inc.
Applied Energetics, Inc. specializes in optical fiber-based ultrashort pulse (USP) laser technologies for countering drones, ISR sensors, hypersonic weapons, and other applications.
With 26 patents and 6 patents pending, Applied Energetics' proprietary architecture enables orders of magnitude size-weight-power reductions, a key differentiator when compared with traditional continuous wave (CW) laser technology with larger footprints. AE's powerful, dual-use systems are designed for integration and deployment on numerous potential defense platforms for the delivery of high intensity, ultrashort pulses of light to disable or destroy a target. These technologies have applications in both national security and commercial markets. Today, AE's USP optical technologies are being designed to offer flexibility and power for complex missions in national security such as enhancing layered defense strategies to counter complex threats.
For more information about Applied Energetics and its innovative technologies, please visit www.appliedenergetics.com.
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Images from the Battle Lab test (provided by Applied Energetics):
Figure 1. Live imagery from four FPV drone cameras, pre-laser shot
Figure 2: Post-laser shot camera feeds showing destroyed camera sensing capabilities
SOURCE: Applied Energetics, Inc.
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