{
  "id": 5533931,
  "title": "The Pentagon’s laser weapon era is finally here",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/the-pentagons-laser-weapon-era-is-finally-here",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-04T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91601650/the-pentagons-laser-weapon-era-is-finally-here"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "This article is republished with permission from Laser Wars , a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. The U.S. Army has awarded defense contractor AV a $464.8 million contract for the production of high-energy laser weapons under the Enduring High Energy Laser (E-HEL) program, the service announced —the U.S. military’s first formal directed energy…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}