This non-lethal weapon will stop, delay, deter, and turn back an adversary. It is intended to save lives by reducing unnecessary casualties and collateral injuries. In the compressed urban environment, discriminating threats from non-threats is difficult and requires split-second, scalable response. The millimeter-wave, energy beam can help discriminate the threat and assess the intent of an aggressor with a temporary reversible effect whose safety has been established and demonstrated in more than 12 years of testing by the Air Force Research Laboratory with sponsorship from the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate.

Raytheon is currently assisting the Naval Surface Warfare Center with the integration of the short-range non-lethal weapon into a Stryker combat vehicle. Vehicle testing will take place at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA.; Quantico, VA.; and Yuma Proving Grounds, AZ. — before the system is turned over to officials at the Infantry Center at Ft. Benning, GA.

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