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Pentagon selects KBR’s Firefly laser system for base-defense drone pilot

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The Pentagon has selected KBR’s Firefly system for a pilot program testing defenses against adversarial drones at U.S. military installations. The effort puts directed-energy technology into a practical base-protection trial, though the available reports provide no details on the pilot’s schedule, scale or performance criteria.

Discovered 2026-10-16T07:05:37.495856-07:00 | 2026-10-16T07:05:37.495856-07:00

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  • The pilot tests whether KBR’s laser-based Firefly system can help defend U.S. military installations against adversarial drones.
  • The selection places a directed-energy system in a Pentagon base-defense evaluation; the reports do not specify the trial’s scale, timeline or performance results.

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