The US Navy has revealed new details about a laser weapon test conducted last ...

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant ...

The US Navy has confirmed that a frontline destroyer has successfully used a ship-mounted laser weapon to defeat multiple ...

The Navy sees HELIOS and other directed energy weapons as critical capabilities, but has faced persistent challenges in ...

Lockheed Martin’s “HELIOS” anti-drone laser passed a recent test with flying colors, according to CEO Jim Taiclet.

Ukraine has developed a prototype laser-based weapon to bring down Russian drone swarms. Dubbed ...

Border Patrol and Pentagon leaders are facing a wave of ridicule after a sophisticated anti-drone laser system, backed by tens of millions of dollars in Defense Department spending, ended up being ...

EOS notes that it has already received a “world-first” export order for a 100 kW-class laser weapon system for the Netherlands. The firm also has what it calls a binding conditional agreement with a ...

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The only real laser weapon that saw service during the 20th century was a low-power laser used by the Royal Navy during the 1982 Falklands War to temporarily dazzle and distract enemy pilots. Not that ...

Imagine a battlefield where missiles are intercepted mid-air with beams of light, drones are neutralized in seconds, and the cost of firing a weapon is measured in pennies rather than millions. This ...