How one defense contractor wants to advance directed energy

Published: Oct. 18, 2022, 12:49 p.m.

b'Directed energy -- lasers -- somehow always seem to be the weapon of the future. Military grade lasers are too heavy or require too much power to be practical. Booz Allen Hamilton thinks its engineers have answers for high-energy lasers. The company has a new unit called HELworks to bring it all together. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about all that (and more) with Booz Allen VP Joe Shepherd.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'