1st Prototype Laser-Equipped Stryker Platoon Set to Arrive Next Month

The Army is fielding its first platoon of prototype laser-armed armored vehicles, reports Task & Purpose.

In January, four Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) Stryker vehicles equipped with 50-kW Guardian laser weapons are slated to arrive at Fort Sill, Okla., said a spokesman for the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO).

The weapon’s “critical subsystems and other components” had “successfully demonstrated a high degree of...