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Raytheon, Kord’s Stryker-Mounted 50KW Laser Takes Out Mortars, Drones During Recent Army Tests

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Raytheon, Kord’s Stryker-Mounted 50KW Laser Takes Out Mortars, Drones During Recent Army Tests
DE M-SHORAD (Photo by U.S. Army) (Jim Kendall)

Raytheon Intelligence and Space [RTX] said Monday its Stryker-mounted 50-kilowatt laser prototype with Kord Technologies successfully defeated 60mm mortar rounds and “several small, medium and large drones” during recent Army testing. The companies detailed the recent operational testing with the Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) system at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, which Raytheon said included “multiple tests simulating real-world scenarios.” "Soldiers in the field face increasingly complex threats, and our combat-proven sensors, software, and…

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