AIM Defense introduced the Fractl:2 laser, which can burn steel and destroy drones traveling at 100 km/h from kilometers away. It can be controlled remotely.

The portable Fractl:2 laser has enough power to shoot down 50 drones when fully charged, or can operate continuously when plugged into a grid. AIM Defense co-founder Jessica Glenn said countering drones and other autonomous weapons systems was now “one of the most critical areas of need for militaries around the world.”

“Over the past years, AIM Defense has worked with the defense innovation ecosystem to create a cost-effective, high-precision, easily deployable directed energy system. Fractl:2 is the culmination of these efforts,” said Ms. Glenn.

The company says Fractl:2 has a lower risk of blinding personnel and civilians than similar high-power laser systems and that this risk is limited. Personnel hazard distances for Fractl:2 are reduced by a factor of 100 compared to typical military directed energy systems with a micron wavelength.

AIM Defense co-founder Dr. Jay Daniel said the company has successfully demonstrated the system “with over 200 drone kills both indoors and outdoors over the past two years.”

Thanks to safety improvements made to the Fractl system after each test, a micron version of Fractl:1 is “several orders of magnitude safer than other directed energy systems” and Fractl:2 is “the safest and most deployable high-energy system.” “The most powerful laser system in the world.”