The Army's overseas deployment last year of four Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense vehicles prevented the start of planned testing by the service's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), according to the Pentagon's top weapons tester. DE M-SHORAD “integrates sensor and shooter capabilities” onto a Stryker Mortar Carrier double-v hull to defend against groups 1 through 3 unmanned systems, along with fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft threats, rockets, artillery and mortars. The system incorporates a 50-kilowatt laser to defend...
