Defence to trial drone-killing lasers that use advanced 'directed energy' technology

Australian troops could soon be equipped with a locally developed and transportable laser that is designed to shoot down lethal enemy drones travelling as fast as 100 kilometres per hour.

Defence has for the first time awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to a Melbourne company to trial its "directed energy" (DE) technology as a way of combating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) which are being used with devastating effect in the Ukraine war.

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