U.S. Army Gets One Step Closer to Laser Gun System
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:
U.S. Army gets one step closer to laser gun system:
Last week, the Assistant Secretary of the Army - Acquisition, Logistics & Technology has announced that the U.S. Army is one step closer to delivering laser weapons to Soldiers with the recent arrival of two Stryker vehicles in Huntsville, Ala.
[The] Assistant Secretary Facebook account made the post regarding Directed Energy Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (DE-MSHORAD) with a 50 kW-class laser integrated onto a Stryker platform. The government-industry team is integrating directed energy capabilities onto the platforms, in preparation for the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office DE-MSHORAD combat shoot-off next year, according to the message.
DE-MSHORAD will protect Divisions and Brigade Combat Teams from unmanned aerial systems, rotary-wing aircraft, and rocket, artillery and mortar threats," the message added.
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