Army set to deliver first 50-kilowatt lasers

By Evan Ochsner / August 10, 2022 at 2:06 PM
The Army will deliver its first battery of high-energy lasers to Ft. Sill, OK by the end of next month, the head of the service's rapid capability development department said Wednesday. The 50-kilowatt lasers will be delivered for use on Stryker units as part of an air defense battery in about 45 days, Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, director of the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, said at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, AL. The Army has...

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