Why Palantir and Elbit are top plays in the booming counterdrone market.

The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air-launched missiles during tests at the High Energy ...

Two ground vehicles could define how the Pentagon fields high-energy laser weapons at scale.

The U.S. Army veteran-operated maker of advanced photonic solutions will support U.S. Army's night fighting capability ...

AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) stock is on track for a weekly gain as investors focus on the defense contractor and drone maker's ...

High-energy lasers are spreading around the world. A new field known as counter-directed energy weapons could determine ...

The live firing highlighted the Defense Department’s growing interest in weapons that can disable targets with beams of energy rather than bullets or missiles. This article is republished with ...

The Amphibious transport dock USS Portland with a mounted Laser Weapons System Demonstrator Mk 2 Mod 0, center, in 2021. (Lance Cpl. Patrick Katz/U.S. Marine Corps) Editor’s note: This story ...

In September, AV announced delivery of the first increment of AMP-HEL prototype systems–two LOCUST LWS integrated on the General Motors Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) platform. This ...

The LOCUST Laser Weapon System, a 20-kilowatt counter-drone weapon, conducts tests at the Military Institute of Armament Technology in Zielonka, Poland in February 2026. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via ...

China unveils a backpack-sized laser that can destroy drones in seconds, pointing to the next generation of portable air ...

Laser weapons are such an entrenched sci-fi trope that it's easy to forget just how real this tech can be (and is). While we're not exactly close to seeing real-life "Star Wars" space battles, the U.S ...