Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150 kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise missiles.

The U.S. Navy is accelerating its push into directed energy weapons as drone threats ...

The Army-Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise ...

The U.S. military is once again pursuing flying directed energy weapons to counter threats to American airspace.

High-energy laser weapons are a natural fit for large, power-rich aircraft carriers—with limits. When U.S. Navy leaders declared that “the dream of a laser on every ship can become a real one” earlier ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After months of bold promises about its directed energy weapon ambitions, the U.S. military is putting its money where its mouth ...

The United States is moving forward with a new high-energy laser weapon designed to intercept cruise missiles, marking a step ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The DragonFire laser directed-energy weapon achieved the U.K.’s first high-power firing of the weapon type against an aerial ...

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 ...

Air Force hypersonic weapons and fighter jets with lasers could fly in the skies of the future. Air Force Research Laboratory researchers have made top priorities of hypersonics, directed-energy ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A new anti-drone defense system, including a direct energy weapon or anti-drone laser, has been installed just across from Palm Beach International Airport. WPTV's Michael ...

Despite years of promises, the latest budget shows directed energy systems are still largely confined to development and ...