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AMP-HEL

United States

The AMP-HEL (Army Multi-Purpose High Energy Laser) is a directed-energy counter-UAS system built with technology from AeroVironment. It has been deployed at the US-Mexico border where it successfully destroyed cartel drones, and has been demonstrated at White Sands Missile Range and selected for deployment at Cape Canaveral Spaceport.

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UASFeed · 2026-10-14Army Says First E-HEL Laser Counter-Drone Weapons Could Reach Soldiers by Early 2028, After a $464.8 Million LOCUST X3 AwardDroneXL · 2026-10-07Pentagon Picks 3 Lasers And A Drone-Frying Microwave For US BasesUASFeed · 2026-09-30Border Task Force Logged 378 Drones in a Month, and Says 95-98% Are Scouting for Human SmugglersDefenseScoop · 2026-09-29Task force says drone threats on US-Mexico border increasingly linked to human traffickingThe War Zone (TWZ) · 2026-09-26Laser Weapons Will Be Deployed At Cape Canaveral Spaceport To Take Down DronesThe Defence Blog · 2026-09-22U.S. Army laser weapon shown defeating drones at borderDefence Industry Europe · 2026-09-10AeroVironment receives first international order for LOCUST counter-drone laser systems and support, valued at more than $50 millionDefenseScoop · 2026-09-02Army awards AeroVironment nearly $500M contract for laser weaponsDefenseScoop · 2026-08-28After back-to-back airspace blunders earlier this year, border task force shoots down ‘cartel-linked’ drones with AV laserBreaking Defense · 2026-08-28Military uses AV directed-energy system to ‘defeat’ drones at the borderDroneXL · 2026-08-28Pentagon Downs 3 Cartel Drones With Laser, Won't Say Whose AirspaceUnmanned Airspace · 2026-08-28US military shoots down “cartel-linked” drones with high-energy laser
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