• The finding: A Power Size Technologies paper argues hybrid Foxhound and Boxer variants could carry high-energy lasers within existing payload limits — Foxhound up to 150kW with an engine uprate, Boxer up to 500kW, with the paper stressing these are hypothetical, unfunded concept-stage models.

  • The logic: Hybridisation and laser power are framed as one bill, not two, since a hybrid's generator and batteries already supply what a laser needs, cutting extra equipment roughly in half and allowing silent, engine-off firing that avoids giving away a vehicle's position.

  • The context: The paper proposes a five-class (A-E) laser taxonomy and lands amid real procurement signals — the 2025 Strategic Defence Review committed nearly £1bn to directed energy, with a DE&S market notice seeking a vehicle-mounted laser deployable within twelve months.