Lockheed Martin [LMT] April 24 said the Army awarded it a $25 million contract to design, build and test a 60-kilowatt electric laser to be integrated and tested in a truck-mounted weapon system demonstrator. The laser weapon is designed to significantly improve the warfighters' ability to counter rockets, artillery, mortars and unmanned aerial threats. Since the laser beam travels at the speed of light, the Army has been pursuing different types of lasers toward a platform mounted tactical laser weapon…
