> AeroVironment says it has successfully demonstrated its LOCUST laser weapon system aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush during a live-fire exercise
So, not combat proven, but demonstrated in an exercise with constrained parameters. An interesting system, but we've yet to see how well lasers handle the CIWS mission profile.
How is the $5 calculated? It's in the title but not article text or the press release it's based on.
> AeroVironment says it has successfully demonstrated its LOCUST laser weapon system aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush during a live-fire exercise
So, not combat proven, but demonstrated in an exercise with constrained parameters. An interesting system, but we've yet to see how well lasers handle the CIWS mission profile.
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