Electric Battlefield: Army Awards $600K For R&D

Six small companies got $100,000 awards to do an eight-week sprint on ways to move the Army to electric power. Meanwhile, an academic study denounced the Army’s plan for mobile nuclear reactors.

Israel Seeks US Help On Lasers

After years of favoring missiles, Israel is back in the laser business, with Rafael developing a ground-based 100-kW-class weapon and Elbit an airborne one.

Leonardo DRS’ “Energy Magazine” Gives the Navy Power for Shipboard Lasers and Other High-Energy Systems

Higher-power radar systems and offensive/defensive systems such as directed energy lasers require new sources of power.