The Lasers Are Coming, but Don’t Forget Training

Pentagon Wants to Deploy Lasers, Other Counter Drone Tech in US

The Pentagon is moving to speed up the deployment of high-powered lasers and other counter-drone systems around key US facilities, amid increased threats from unmanned aircraft.

The lasers are coming, but don’t forget training

Army space and missile defense leaders call for more emerging tech—and training—as new systems are developed.

Laser weapons for space? US officials see threat, opportunity

Directed-energy and cyber weapons, as well as bombs targeted on communications hubs, all have potential to disable large satellite constellations, said Lt. Col. Rick Zellman, deputy commander of US Space Command.

Hybrid Foxhound and Boxer could carry lasers, paper says

Hybrid versions of Foxhound and Boxer could each carry a high-energy laser within the mass the platform is already built to take, according to a paper presented in Michigan today. The hybrid variants are modelled rather than built, though the MOD has already developed an experimental hybrid Foxhound. A technical paper presented at the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium in Novi, Michigan, today argues that hypothetical hy…

US Destroyer Burns Four Drones Out of the Sky With a Laser

A US Navy destroyer used a ship-mounted laser to destroy four drones during an at-sea demonstration, Lockheed Martin has confirmed — the clearest sign yet that directed-energy weapons are edging toward frontline use. The ship was USS Preble, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The weapon was HELIOS, the High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance […] The post US Destroyer Burns Four Drones Out of the Sky With a Laser appeare…