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  • The Army is tripling the power of one of its vehicle-mounted laser systems

    05/08/2020 10:42:19 AM PDT · by BeauBo · 51 replies
    Task and Purpose ^ | 8 May 2020 | JARED KELLER
    The Army is working overtime to ramp up to output of one of its next-generation vehicle-mounted laser weapon systems. Defense contractor Dynetics is currently working to increase the power of the 100 kilowatt High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL-TVD) to roughly 300 kw, roughly the output needed to defeat an incoming cruise missile, the company announced on Friday. Initiated in 2017, the HEL-TVD program sought to develop and mount a 100 kw laser on an existing Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) truck to provide a counter rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) capability... In its announcement, Dynetics noted it...