US Army Demonstrates Stryker-Mounted Laser-Weapon System

The US Army completed the “combat shoot-off” (CSO) of its first high-energy laser weapon prototype, manufacturer KBR revealed.

Soldiers executed a series of maneuvers involving multiple targets to assess the Stryker vehicle-mounted laser system’s capabilities.

The 50-watt mobile Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense system is designed to provide “sustained counter-unmanned aircraft systems and counter-rocket, artillery, mortar firepower to the modern battlefield.” The system took two years to develop.