The experimental results on the laser-supported directed-energy "air spike" (DEAS) in hypersonic flow are presented. A CO 2 TEA laser has been used in conjunction with the IEAv 0.3-m Hypersonic Shock Tunnel to demonstrate the laser-supported DEAS concept. A single laser pulse generated during the tunnel useful test time was focused through a NaCl lens ahead of an aluminum hemisphere-cylinder model fitted with a piezoelectric pressure transducer at the stagnation point. In the more recent experiments, a double Apollo disk model fitted with seven piezoelectric pressure transducers substituted the simple hemisphere-cylinder model. The objective of the present research is to corroborate the past results as well as to obtain additional pressure distribution information.

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