The group of Anatoly Maksimchuk began to use HERCULES for gas target experiments. In these experiments, an electron beam with energy varying from 100 - 200 MeV was demonstrated.

Also, the HERCULES team developed two ASE cleaners, one on hollow fiber, the second on XPW crystal. Both demonstrated constant enhancement of more than three orders of magnitude.

Two channels for Petawatt pump have been activated as well.