Enduring High Energy Laser (E-HEL) — U.S. Army directed-energy counter-UAS rapid-prototyping effort.
FY27 funding
- $66M in the Army FY27 budget request for two E-HEL systems, designed for interoperability with Integrated Battle Command System-Maneuver (IBCS-M) (src-breaking-defense-army-1b-counter-drone-2026-05).
Related
- src-directed-energy-5-bases-pilot-2026-05 (Pentagon counter-drone task force’s directed-energy 5-base pilot)
- next-generation-cuas-missile (kinetic counterpart in the FY27 portfolio)
- jiatf-401