The Air Force CV-22, a special operations-modified version of the V-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft, rolls out at Bell Helicopter Textron’s plant in Fort Worth, Tex.
A top Pentagon tech official called on industry this week to help the military develop “lighter, more efficient” directed energy weapons designed to go on aircraft and conduct special operations missions or down drones—areas where the Air Force’s directed energy efforts have been quiet as of late.