Lockheed Martin CEO Says Its Laser Weapon Passed First Golden Dome Missile-Defense Test, Leading to New Pentagon Contract Weeks Later
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Laser air defenses will be operational before decade’s end, Lockheed exec says
FARNBOROUGH — The Pentagon should have high-energy lasers that can melt inbound aerial threats by 2030, a top Lockheed Martin executive told Breaking Defense. “They’re here, they’re effective, and they are working,” Stephanie Hill, president of Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems division, said in an interview at the Farnborough Airshow on July 21. The company...
Lockheed Martin announced that combat air defence lasers dedicated to the destruction of air threats, including drones, would be fully operational by 2030.
Lockheed Martin CEO says its laser weapon passed first Golden Dome missile-defense test, leading to new Pentagon contract weeks later
Taiclet said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had highlighted the test result. The laser weapon detected and destroyed a full range of simulated incoming threats during the milestone event. The follow-on contract covers a containerized 500-kilowatt laser. Taiclet called it the most powerful laser ever built into a transportable unit. The system is meant to counter cruise missiles and drones, threats that have grown more common on modern battlefiel…
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