U.S. Army to reopen supply chain for 20‑kW laser counter‑drone system
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The U.S. Army and AeroVironment will reopen competition for components and subsystems of the Enduring‑High Energy Laser (E‑HEL) program on Oct. 12, after the Army awarded AeroVironment a contract on Sept. 2 and placed the first production order for a 20‑kW class photon‑based counter‑drone weapon.
An industry briefing will be held at the end of October to inform potential suppliers, and AeroVironment is preparing 11 interface control documents that will become an Army‑owned reference architecture to facilitate the integration of new hardware.