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Army drops its 300 kW laser program, its most powerful to date

The U.S. Army has walked away from its 300-kilowatt laser weapon program, the Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy ...

The US Army is already ditching its most powerful laser weapon yet

The U.S. Army’s 300 kilowatt Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser system won't transition to a program of ...
Aviation Week Network

Pentagon’s Megawatt Laser Demo To Highlight Recent Tech Breakthroughs

Smoke rose from a drone after it was shot down by a 50-kW laser mounted on a U.S. Army Stryker vehicle. Credit: U.S. Army High-energy lasers are having a long-overdue moment. Two incidents in late ...
The Fabricator

Laser welding and the cobot

Cobot laser welding at THG goes back several FABTECHs, during a dinner conversation between company representatives and a custom metal fabricator. The shop owner spoke with the reps about the emerging ...
Yahoo

AC-130 Gunship Laser Weapon Program's Future Is Looking Blurry

Modifications to Air Force Special Operations Command's (AFSOC) fleet of AC-130 gunships means that even if a planned August test of the new Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) system aboard an AC-130J ...
Aviation Week

Airborne Laser program eyes two key events by year's end

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) program plans to conduct two key test events by year's end, according to a program official. One event, which will occur on ...