Walsh: Marines could team up with Army on laser program

By Justin Doubleday / June 24, 2016 at 5:56 PM
The Office of Naval Research will test a truck-based laser system against small drones next year, as the Marine Corps eyes potentially transitioning the weapon into a joint program of record with the Army, according to a top Marine general. ONR will upgrade the Ground-based Air Defense (GBAD) demonstrator to a 30-kilowatt laser and test the weapon against small unmanned aerial systems in fiscal year 2017, according to Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, chief of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command...

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