{
  "id": 277962,
  "title": "US Army to Spend $400 Million on Counter-Drone Lasers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/us-army-to-spend-400-million-on-counter-drone-lasers",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-07T18:35:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Post",
    "slug": "financial-post",
    "url": "https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/us-army-to-spend-400-million-on-aerovironment-anti-drone-lasers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Army will buy at least $400 million worth of counter-drone lasers from AeroVironment Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter, as militaries seek ways to knock down the unmanned systems proliferating across modern battlefields.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}