Pulse #018: The Army’s E-HEL Program Is Heating Up

“Our team is applying experience in vehicle integration, power and thermal management to help AV deliver a mobile high-energy laser capability.”

US Army soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB) in support of Operation Ardent Vanguard, operate an Army Multi-Purpose High Energy Laser (AMP-HEL) system mounted on an Infantry Squad Vehicle during a training exercise near Fort Hancock, Texas on November 2, 2026. (US Defense Department/Sgt. Michael Graf)

Welcome to Pulse, a regular digest of updates from around the directed energy ecosystem. In this edition: Leonardo DRS signs on to the Army’s Enduring High Energy Laser program, the identity of Cape Canaveral’s incoming laser weapon revealed, the Pentagon’s most powerful laser weapon yet is slowly coming together, and more.