US Army Stryker Vehicles Being Prepared for Laser Combat Competition
Development of the laser weapon prototype is yet another important element in the army’s air and missile defense modernization strategy. 1 minute read
It seems the future has arrived.
In response to a variety of next-generation threats such as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and more traditional threats such as mortars, artillery, and rockets, the US Army has been developing high energy lasers for tactical vehicles to provide an increased edge on the battlefield.
A team of army engineers is hard at work developing two of these combat lasers, classes of 50 kilowatt-class weapons to be attached to Stryker vehicles for combat deployment by 2022. They have begun work in Huntsville, Alabama integrating the two platforms and support equipment for a “combat shoot-off” at Fort Sill, Oklahoma to test the systems against a variety of scenarios.