Another goal of the US military is to start testing laser pointer weapons on larger platforms, such as C-17 and C-130 transport aircraft, until it is added to fighter aircraft such as F-22 and F-35. In terms of actualizing laser weapons, the US Air Force is now far behind the Army and Navy.
As early as August 2014, the U.S. Navy first installed the first laser weapon on the USS Ponce amphibious ship. In mid-July this year, the Ponce conducted a maritime green laser pointer weapon test in the Persian Gulf and shot down a drone. The entire strike process was precise, efficient and silent.
As early as March of this year, there were media reports that Lockheed Martin has officially started delivering this 60-kilowatt Laser Engraver to the US Army. It is also responsible for supplying multi-kilowatt fiber lasers to the Army’s largest vehicle, the heavy, highly mobile tactical truck. Once completed, this truck will become a high-energy laser mobile test truck.