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Dynetics Teams Nabs $10 Million For Next Step In 100 kW Laser Weapon Competition

Dynetics Teams Nabs $10 Million For Next Step In 100 kW Laser Weapon Competition
An artist’s rendering of Dynetics’ High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD) in action, designed to counter UAS, rockets, artillery, and mortars for the Army. (Image: Lockheed Martin)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Dynetics and its partners won a $10 million contract to continue developing the Army’s 100-kW high energy laser demonstrator, it announced here at the start of the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Ala.Dynetics is competing with Raytheon [RTN] to win a final $130 million down-select, expected in early 2019, to finishing developing and build a 100 kW laser weapon demonstrator for the Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL…

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