{"id":71832,"date":"2025-11-06T20:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T20:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/11\/06\/army-seeks-high-energy-laser-systems-to-kill-drone-swarms\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:29:27","slug":"army-seeks-high-energy-laser-systems-to-kill-drone-swarms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2025\/11\/06\/army-seeks-high-energy-laser-systems-to-kill-drone-swarms\/","title":{"rendered":"Army seeks high-energy laser systems to kill drone swarms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Army aims to produce up to 20 high-energy laser weapons to down three different classes of small drones, according to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/workspace\/contract\/opp\/89e98c0e5d4b453f823132bc2ced416c\/view\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/workspace\/contract\/opp\/89e98c0e5d4b453f823132bc2ced416c\/view\">Request for Information<\/a> released by service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At at time when drone intrusions into the airspace of NATO nations are becoming an increasing concern, the request from the Army\u2019s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office invites private industry to share ideas for flexible laser weapons to create its new Enduring-High Energy Laser, or E-HEL, system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new system is expected to kill smaller drones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs-product\/IF12797\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs-product\/IF12797\">categorized by the Defense Department<\/a> as falling within three categories called groups one to three, which range from miniature drones about the size of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104480\/wasp-iii\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104480\/wasp-iii\/\">Air Force\u2019s Wasp III <\/a>in group one to drones of comparable scale to the Army\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/equipment\/rq-7b-shadow\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/equipment\/rq-7b-shadow\">RQ-7B Shadow<\/a> in group three. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drones within these groups are commonly used not only for intelligence and surveillance operations, but also for irregular warfare. They are lightweight and capable of <a href=\"https:\/\/missiledefenseadvocacy.org\/missile-threat-and-proliferation\/missile-basics\/unmanned-aircraft-systems-uas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/missiledefenseadvocacy.org\/missile-threat-and-proliferation\/missile-basics\/unmanned-aircraft-systems-uas\/\">carrying high-grade explosives<\/a> to reach vulnerable targets. Tellingly, the RFI, released Oct. 30, specifically calls for a response to group three one-way attack drones \u2014 otherwise known as suicide drones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army hopes to gain the ability to neutralize all three types at once with the E-HEL system, which is ambitious in its scope. Per the RFI, the service intends for the E-HEL to be adaptable for mobile and static defense for troops on the move and also in semi-fixed positions. Plans call for the laser weapon to be \u201cpalletized,\u201d or mounted on an Army Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plans for the laser system also call for it to have the ability to track the drones in various aerial conditions and knock them swiftly out of the sky, making \u201chard kills\u201d on both miniature drones and larger suicide drones. A hard kill refers to zapping the small drones\u2019 ability to fly in midair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army\u2019s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office has been steadily developing prototypes of laser weapons over the past five years, but demands are increasing. The RFI dovetails with the service\u2019s goal of launching a competition for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/08\/06\/army-readies-to-launch-2026-competition-for-counter-drone-laser-weapon\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/08\/06\/army-readies-to-launch-2026-competition-for-counter-drone-laser-weapon\/\">anti-drone laser weapons next year<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laser weapons systems are becoming sought-after as an efficient defense against potentially diverse arrays of drones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australian company Electro Optic Systems has been at the forefront of refining <a href=\"https:\/\/monocle.com\/affairs\/defence\/electro-optic-systems-drone-threat-protection-air-defence\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/monocle.com\/affairs\/defence\/electro-optic-systems-drone-threat-protection-air-defence\/\">drone tracking and laser weapons<\/a>, and in 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