Deputy prime minister of Australia and Minister for Defence, The Hon Richard Marles MP, has officially opened AIM Defence’s brand-new advanced manufacturing and export facility.
AIM Defence has expanded into a new 4000sqm state-of-the-art facility to support the manufacture and export of AIM’s Fractl Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C-UAS) laser.
The new facility will house a skilled team of researchers, scientists, and engineers from a range of disciplines and will support the ramp up in production of Fractl units domestically.
The Fractl Portable High Energy Laser is powerful enough to burn through steel and can track objects as small as a 10-cent piece travelling at 100km/h a kilometre away.
It’s silent, virtually motionless, and soldiers can be taught to use it in minutes.
AIM Defence designed the suitcase-sized laser that works like a blowtorch travelling at the speed of light.
At the Puckapunyal demonstration, the team ‘hard killed’ a drone at 500m with a deployable prototype.
While the laser’s strength is limited by power supply, AIM Defence has successfully engaged drones at 1km in past tests.
This is set to cementing Australia’s place as a global leader in the development of tactical directed energy systems.
