Plans are to add lasers to the F-35 once they have fixed the kinks (which are pretty serious) and replace the guns with it.

By 2030, it sounds plausible that it could work. Could it be added to Arma3 ?

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-35-design.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_state_laser