Pentagon Corrals $3B Of Laser Programs Into HEL Roadmap

Credit: U.S. Air Force (Altered by James Drew/Aviation Week)
The U.S. Defense Department is laying the foundations for a highway to HEL, or high-energy lasers, by corralling more than $3 billion-worth of research, development and demonstration programs into one “logical roadmap,” with priority given to the most technologically mature and militarily relevant...

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