A laser weapon system is being developed for Marine vehicles
A laser weapon to be deployed on light tactical vehicles for use against enemy unmanned aerial vehicles is in the offing.
The U.S. Office of Naval Research announced this week it is working with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division and industry partners on the Ground-Based Air Defense Directed Energy On-the-Move program, or GBAD, and has issued contracts for the system for the U.S. Marine Corps."Aggressive action against air threats is needed for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force to conduct expeditionary maneuver," said Lee Mastroianni, program manager for Force Protection in ONR's Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare and Combating Terrorism Department. "Everything about this program is geared toward realizing a viable directed-energy capability in support of that objective to allow our Marines to be fast and lethal."
