On the upside, a 2021 test saw HELIOS lock onto and attack a high-speed target using tracking data from a simulated Aegis Combat System. HELIOS has also demonstrated it can be effective at a range ...

The US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) recently awarded Lockheed Martin a $26.3m contract to design, develop and produce an aircraft-mounted high-power fibre laser. It forms one part of the Self ...

The United Kingdom has also been developing its own laser-based defense system. Last year, the U.K. successfully tested its own high-powered laser weapon, DragonFire, against aerial targets.

Unlike traditional weapons such as guns and cannons that have a finite amount of ammunition, a high-energy laser can keep firing as long as it has electrical power.

Sebastien Roblin September 14, 2021 Army Laser Weapons The U.S. Army Wants to Use Lasers to Kill Drones and Missiles ...

The Air Force Research Laboratory is forging ahead with a high-energy laser designed to shoot down drones, incoming rockets and mortar rounds and hopes to have a demonstration model ready by 2021 ...

Ukraine has developed a laser weapon capable of shooting down targets from more than a mile away, the country’s drone force commander has claimed Speaking at a defense summit in Kyiv this week ...

The 15-kW laser uses Raytheon’s High-Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) developed in the U.S. but integrated with a UK-produced command-and-control system and a Blighter search radar.