https://k4i.com/tags/directed-energy/ Recent content in Directed Energy on k4i.com Hugo en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://k4i.com/nuburu-and-the-counter-drone-hardware-wave/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://k4i.com/nuburu-and-the-counter-drone-hardware-wave/ <p>NUBURU is pushing into counter-drone systems using its blue laser technology. The announcement is small. The trend it represents is not.</p> <p>Counter-drone has moved from a niche military problem to a structural defense procurement category in roughly four years. The trigger was the demonstrated effectiveness of cheap, commercially available drones in conventional conflict — most visibly in Ukraine, but also in multiple other theaters where asymmetric actors used consumer and modified commercial drones to create disproportionate tactical effect against much more expensive military systems.</p>