Laura DeSimone, executive director of the Missile Defense Agency, said MDA has placed “increased emphasis” on efforts to develop directed energy weapons systems against adversary missiles and has witnessed “that technology maturation
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The U.S. Army has concluded a live-fire test of the 50-kilowatt laser weapon variant of the service branch’s Stryker-based Short-Range Air Defense system at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, DefenseNews reported Thursday.
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The U.S. Army is close to deploying a platoon of four Stryker combat vehicles equipped with 50 kilowatt-class laser weapon prototypes in fiscal year 2022 after completing an assessment of the new
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The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) plans to demonstrate a high-energy laser system integrated into its AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft by fiscal year 2022, National Defense Magazine reported Wednesday.
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The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin plan to integrate the company’s 150-kilowatt laser system into the USS Little Rock littoral combat ship as part of the service’s risk reduction efforts, USNI News
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Thomas Karr, assistant director of directed energy at the Department of Defense, has said DoD is negotiating separate contracts with three companies regarding the development of electrically powered laser models, Breaking Defense
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The U.S. Air Force will perform tests in the summer of a laser weapon that will be installed on fighter jets to counter drones and missiles, Newsweek reported Tuesday. Jeff Stanley, deputy assistant
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Laboratory directors from three service branches have said their labs have begun research and development work on technology platforms for warfighters in support of the Defense Department’s Third Offset Strategy, DoD News
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Senior U.S. Navy officials have said the service branch launched a study in 2015 to evaluate possible alternatives to aircraft carriers as it prepares to accept and operate the USS Gerald R. Ford ship later
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Navy Adm. Jonathan Greenert said Wednesday scientific and technical discoveries can help the military branch to shape its course and empower warriors for the future, DoD News reported. Claudette Roulo writes Greenert,
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