96 standard launch cells has been the baseline figure for the Navy’s DDG(X) concept, but the larger issue has never been missile count alone. It has been whether a surface combatant can carry bigger ...

A guided-missile destroyer at sea doesn’t need a missile to show it is ready. In a Navy-run drill, a bright beam came off the ...

The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force is set to test a high-energy laser system against drones at White Sands Missile Range ...

The U.S. Navy has deployed the HELIOS (High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance) during Operation ...

China’s hypersonic weapons are now viewed by the Pentagon as a direct threat to America’s aircraft carriers, with fears they could be destroyed in just 20 minutes.

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is sending a second aircraft carrier group - the USS Gerald Ford - to the Middle East, according to a senior administration official and three sources familiar with the ...

The unexpected and ultimately short-lived flight ban near El Paso this week stemmed from disagreements within the federal government over the use of a high-energy laser weapon system to take down ...

The F.A.A., citing “a grave risk of fatalities” from a new technology being used on the Mexican border, got caught in a stalemate with the Pentagon, which deemed the weapon “necessary.” By Karoun ...

The Navy relieved the commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason on Friday, Feb. 13, citing a loss of confidence in his ability to command, according to an official Navy release.

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87), sails in the Red Sea in support of Operation Prosperity Guardian (OPG) Jan. 31, 2024. US Navy Photo The commanding officer of destroyer ...