The decision reflects challenges researchers encountered with making a continuous-wave beam capable of targeting a fast, ...

The military’s directed-energy push still depends heavily on yesterday’s hardware. The U.S. Navy spent at least six months ...

The Navy revived a retired 150-kW laser, exposing a hard truth: the future of warfare is here, but not yet ready at scale.

The U.S. Navy's lone 150 kW laser weapon is back in action – sort of.

Laser weapons may sound like something out of a science fiction blockbuster movie, but they're becoming increasingly ...

The U.S. Army’s 300 kilowatt Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser system won't transition to a program of ...

Gamepad controls make high-energy lasers easier for troops to learn and use. But as AI takes over targeting and tracking, the ...

Amid waves of Iranian drone attacks, the U.S. Defense Department is pushing to finally field high-energy laser weapons in the next 36 months.

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV), a leading provider of counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) technologies, today announced the successful delivery of two Joint Light ...

This article originally appeared in Popular Science. On Sept. 15, defense giant Lockheed Martin announced that it had delivered a 300-kw laser to the Department of Defense. Developed for a program ...

A report by official Chinese media on Wednesday unveiled two new types of anti-drone laser weapons. A developer said such ...