SPECTRA Laser WhiPLash – DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES PAGE
- November 4, 2018 – Core system prototype tests successfully completed
- December 11, 2018 – Air-to-air unit design completed
- February 5, 2019 – Surface-to-air unit design completed
- May-December 2019 – Surface-to-air unit field testing
- April 15, 2020 – New surface-to-air prototype design completed
- June 17, 2020 – New surface-to-air prototype field testing started
- June 30, 2020 – Successfully completed the first field test of the new surface-to-air prototype
- September 9, 2020 – Confirmed field test results for the new surface-to-air prototype
- November 27, 2020 – Successfully refined surface-to-air interface design
- November 28, 2020 – Successful installation and testing of the surface-to-air optical aiming system
- January 28, 2021 – Completed design of the outer chassis
- January 29, 2021 – Completed design of the outer aiming mechanism
- August 6, 2021 – Completed manufacturing of the integrated Laser optical system
- November 13, 2021 – First operational test successful
- March 19, 2022 – MILESTONE TEST SUCCESSFUL – Laser audio monitoring in actual operating condition achieved!
- November 2, 2022 – Completed design of an improved core system
- March 2, 2023 – Design and assembly of an improved core system + operational tests completed successfully
- March 3, 2023 – Operational tests for the improved core system completed successfully
- December 10, 2024 – Release date postponement. The year 2024 has kept us awfully busy and we have been compelled to postpone the release of our Whiplash system to next year. Every cloud has a silver lining, however, and the results of us being awfully busy turned out into the release of our new “The Unprecedented” series