The US Army's formerly bulky laser weapon, Locust, is now a mobile drone-killer

The US Army is now mounting defense contractor AeroVironment's second-generation Locust Laser Weapon System on some of its vehicles. The advanced system marks a shift from static, bulky directed-energy defenses to mobile, battle-tested protection against unmanned aerial threats. The Army's Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is the first to...

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