AeroVironment’s LOCUST X3 high-energy laser system is designed to counter uncrewed aircraft systems.
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AeroVironment will supply dozens of 30-kW-class high-energy lasers to the U.S. Army under a $464.8 million contract, marking the first series-production order for a directed-energy system by the U.S. military, Army and company officials said on Aug. 18. The contract starts the execution phase of the...
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