Army expected to add counter-drone laser weapons to base defenses

The military services have begun fielding anti-drone rounds and other new technologies to allow troops on the ground to shoot down small drones. Last year, the U.S. Army deployed a vehicle equipped ...
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Pentagon Wants Lighter Directed-Energy Weapons For Airborne Use

The 50kW-class Directed-Energy Maneuver-Short-Range Air Defense system. Credit: U.S. Army The Pentagon is looking for more compact directed-energy systems to apply the technology more widely, ...
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Lockheed’s newest high-energy weapon is multiple lasers in one

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The Pentagon wants battle-ready laser weapons on show by 2028, and a destroyer already carries a ship-blinding ODIN laser

The U.S. Navy already has a laser weapon installed on a guided-missile destroyer, and the Pentagon is pushing to field combat-ready directed-energy systems by 2028. The Optical Dazzling Interdictor, ...