ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. military researchers needed affordable high-energy laser sources for future laser weapons to destroy or disable enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). They found a solution from ...
The Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of War successfully tested a high-energy laser counter-drone system that demonstrated it can be used without harming civilian aircraft.
The U.S. Army awarded AeroVironment Inc. a $500 million, three-year contract on July 1 to buy laser, radio frequency, and kinetic counter-drone systems capable of defeating threats from cheap ...