It’s a first for the US Army’s laser weapons. At Fort Sill, Okla., the Army conducted a live-fire exercise with the Directed Energy Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD). The weapon targeted ...

The directed-energy variant of the M-SHORAD features a 50-kilowatt laser weapon system on a Stryker vehicle. (Jim Kendall/U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. − The U.S. Army is counting on funding in fiscal ...

The US Army’s push to strengthen its short-range air defense has opened doors for a new generation of adaptable weapon systems. As drones, low-flying aircraft, and precision-guided munitions become ...

Drones are changing warfare - and so is this. Meet DE M-SHORAD: a U.S. Army laser weapon capable of detecting, tracking, and eliminating drones with pinpoint accuracy. No bullets. No rockets. Just raw ...

At Fort Sill, OK, soldiers conducted live-fire trials with directed energy weapons and kinetic systems. DE M-SHORAD laser weapon in action at Fort Sill. In Oklahoma, the U.S. Army is taking aim at the ...

HONOLULU — The Pacific Integrated Air and Missile Defense Center, PIC, hosted and facilitated its first multilateral Short Range Air Defense Symposium at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, ...