Lockheed: Laser Air Defenses to be Up and Running By 2030 Written 28 July 2026

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Lockheed: Laser Air Defenses to be Up and Running By 2030

As part of its high-energy laser pitch to international customers at IDEX 2023, Lockheed Martin displayed this quad-copter apparently taken out by a laser weapon. (Lee Ferran / Breaking Defense)

In a nod to a common refrain that laser systems are always just five years away, Lockheed Martin’s Stephanie Hill said, “Not anymore.”
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