50kW-class high energy laser defeated multiple 60mm mortar rounds and drones during testing

A 50kW-class high energy laser integrated on a Stryker has shown that the weapon can defeat 60mm mortar rounds and drones during four weeks of continuous live-fire exercises at White Sands Missile Range.

(U.S. Army Photo by contractor Jim Kendall (TVRG)) (Removed cables and wheel chock for aesthetic purposes)


The laser system is part of the U.S. Army’s Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) effort.

The system is provided by Raytheon Intelligence & Space and the integrator is Kord, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KBR.

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