Marines Await OK Of Drone-shooting Laser Weapon

Credit: CLWS: Boeing
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia—The U.S. Marine Corps is awaiting defense secretary approval to take the Boeing Compact Laser Weapons System (CLWS) to the field, the service’s program manager says. The weapon is designed to shoot down Group 1 and Group 2 unmanned aerial systems. Don Kelley...

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