Boeing reports that their prototype truck-mounted laser has shot down a UAV at a missile range in New Mexico.

The Laser Avenger is an infrared laser with power levels somewhere in the tens of kilowatts range mounted on a Humvee off-road vehicle. It is designed to take down the smaller variety of UAV, which are hardest for conventional air-defence weapons to target. The power of its laser has been doubled since 2007.