US 12,007,205 B2
Compact laser system for directed energy applications
Donald Lee Sipes, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to OPTICAL ENGINES INC., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed by OPTICAL ENGINES INC., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,475.
Application 18/219,475 is a continuation of application No. 17/697,085, filed on Mar. 17, 2022, granted, now 11,713,946.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/162,651, filed on Mar. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0102775 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. F41H 11/02 (2006.01); F41H 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC F41H 11/02 (2013.01) [F41H 13/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for disabling or destroying an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
an anti-UAV system comprising:
a plurality of laser devices configured to generate a plurality of laser beams at a plurality of different wavelengths; and
a coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) combiner configured to combine the plurality of laser beams from the plurality of laser devices into a combined laser beam; and
an anti-UAV computing platform configured to:
based on detecting the UAV, direct, using the anti-UAV system, the combined laser beam from the CWDM combiner onto the detected UAV.