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The Italian military is testing the use of direct-energy beams in blasting hostile or unauthorized drones from the skies. That research is underway at the air force’s unmanned aerial vehicle center of excellence at the Amendola Air Base in southern Italy. Members of Italy’s military and defense sector have become active in developing drone-related technologies. As elsewhere, anti-drone development by the armed forces and private groups in Italy has been primarily focused on military applications. But with the rapidly spreading popularity and use of smaller commercial drones, that research has become a two-track affair.