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Army Plans To Order Eight Additional Stryker-Mounted 50KW Laser Prototypes

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, November 19th, 2021

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Army Plans To Order Eight Additional Stryker-Mounted 50KW Laser Prototypes

DE M-SHORAD (Photo by U.S. Army) (Jim Kendall)

The Army plans to award Kord Technologies another prototype deal to deliver eight additional Stryker-mounted 50-kilowatt laser prototypes, with four to be delivered in fiscal year 2023 and four more in FY ‘24. In a Nov. 17 notice, the Army detailed plans to issue a sole-source Other Transaction Agreement that would add the additional Directed Energy Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) prototypes on top of the original four slated for delivery in late FY ‘22. “The DE M-SHORAD prototypes…

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