The Army wants laser weapons that can defeat drone threats, but it wants the ability to maintain them in battlefield environments and build them at scale.
Cummings Aerospace is prepping to break into the loitering munition realm, planning to submit its Hellhound kamikaze drone to the Army's LASSO competition.
Under the banner of “extended all-arms air defense," as officials call the approach, soldiers deployed on NATO's eastern flank will get the gear first.