After an eight-month sprint to develop and install a laser-equipped counter uncrewed aircraft system on an Army Stryker vehicle, Leonardo DRS and BlueHalo announced today they conducted a successful ...

It’s a first for the US Army’s laser weapons. At Fort Sill, Okla., the Army conducted a live-fire exercise with the Directed Energy Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD). The weapon targeted ...

Successfully shooting down drones in live-fire engagement, in September, 2024. Pictured, right: Counter-UAS directed energy Stryker. Photo courtesy Leonardo DRS. ARLINGTON, Va. -- Leonardo DRS, Inc.

PARIS - British Army troops fired a high-energy laser from an armored vehicle for the first time, using beams of infrared light to destroy dozens of flying drones, in what may be a cost-effective way ...

Here’s What to Remember: In November of 2013, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command used the HEL MD, a vehicle-mounted high energy laser, to successfully engage ...

It’s no exaggeration to say that the U.S. Army is laser-focused on taking out cheap, deadly drones like the ones that have rained down on Ukrainian battlefields and Middle East bases. The service now ...

A Wolfhound armored personnel carrier, equipped with a laser weapon for zapping drones, sits at the Radnor Range in Wales during tests. (British MOD) PARIS — British Army troops fired a high-energy ...