The service plans to provide a platoon with four prototype Stryker vehicles integrated with the lasers for delivery in fiscal year 2022, Holmes told reporters during a call Aug 18. “Our DE-M SHORAD rapid prototyping effort is on track to deliver the Army's first combat-capable directed energy system - and it's a 50-kilowatt class laser - to protect divisions in brigade combat teams against unmanned aircraft systems, rotary- and fixed-wing threats, and rocket artillery and mortars,” said Marcia Holmes, deputy director of hypersonics, directed energy, space and rapid acquisition at the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office. The Army is getting closer to fielding its Directed Energy-Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense system, which will be mounted atop a Stryker infantry carrier vehicle, according to officials.
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