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Army Boosts Investment in Lasers

The Army is investing more and more money in lasers to defeat incoming rockets and enemy drones. Across the Air & Missile Defense (AMD) portfolio, โ€œwe put over 50 percent of our S&T (Science and Technology) money going towards directed energy projects,โ€ up from about a third previously, said the AMD modernization director, Brig. Gen.

High-Energy Lasers to Pierce Fog, Dust, Provide ISR Data and Destroy Threats

A lot of people think that high-energy lasers, or HELs, canโ€t penetrate fog, rain and dust, said Thomas Webber. Thatโ€s just plain wrong. Webber, director of the Directed Energy Divisionโ€s Technical Center, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, spoke at the Association of the United States Armyโ€s Annual Meeting and Exposition, Oct. 9. The

Lasers in combat: New Space and Missile Defense Commander on Whatโ€s to Come

The Armyโ€™s future air-and-missile defense capabilities are taking shape under the newest Space and Missile Defense commander, Lt. Gen. James Dickinson, particularly in laser-armed combat vehicles and the Integrated Air-and-Missile Defense system (IAMD), both considered to be crucial enablers for the maneuver force. How the Army will employ laser weapons in combat and what the