The Army plans to begin assessing laser countermeasure effectiveness against advanced threats in fiscal year 2018, according to budget justification documents. Those threats include anti-tank guided missiles, radar systems, rocket-propelled grenades and ground vehicles, the documents state. Gen. Daniel Allyn, the service's vice chief of staff, said in February the short-term priority is to counter unmanned aerial systems, but that the Army aims to "broaden the employment" of directed energy. The Army requests $3.7 million in research, development test and...
