By COREY DICKSTEIN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 13, 2021 REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. The Pentagon is betting big that laser weapons, once firmly confined to the realm of science fiction, will prove to be critical battlefield technology as the Army’s first prototype laser weapon is set for its initial live-fire test this month. It took the Army, with defense contractor Kord Technologies, less than two years to build the first Directed Energy Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense system, or DE M-SHORAD a Stryker A1 vehicle outfitted with a 50-kilowatt high-energy laser. Army officials want to field the first four DE M-SHORADs to soldiers by late next year to provide highly mobile air defense protection against new world threats like armed enemy drones.
Pentagon wants a cheap, ground-launched and hand-held counter-drone capability 5 days ago Members of the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron demonstrate the use of a Dronebuster to counter small unmanned aerial systems on Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. (Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen/U.S Air Force) WASHINGTON The Pentagon wants industry to bring cheap, ground-launched capabilities as well as hand-held options to destroy small drones to its next demonstration in an effort to acquire new technology to combat the unmanned threat, according to a request for information posted May 7 to the federal contracting website beta.sam.gov. The Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office and the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office are running the September 2021 demonstration. The JCO and RCCTO want whitepapers to help them choose participants who have possible solutions that fit either in the cheap, ground-launched counter-UAS capability or t
Pentagon wants a cheap, ground-launched and hand-held counter-drone capability 5 days ago
Members of the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron demonstrate the use of a Dronebuster to counter small unmanned aerial systems on Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. (Tech. Sgt. Kat Justen/U.S Air Force) WASHINGTON The Pentagon wants industry to bring cheap, ground-launched capabilities as well as hand-held options to destroy small drones to its next demonstration in an effort to acquire new technology to combat the unmanned threat, according to a request for information posted May 7 to the federal contracting website beta.sam.gov. The Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office and the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office are running the September 2021 demonstration. The JCO and RCCTO want whitepapers to help them choose participants who have possible solutions that fit either in the cheap, ground-launched counter-UAS capability or th
Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Joseph Martin spoke Thursday with leaders and experts from several commands and industry partners to learn more about current readiness and modernization
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