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 ...

This is my objective, provided it can be seen by a ship, the initial solution which we are presently considering is directed energy. The purpose described by Adm. Daryl Caudle is the reason why the ...

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.

(CNN) — The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A US Marine Corps High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles with a mounted beam director and radar participates in a high energy ...

Bryan Bedford wasn’t happy. Against the expressed wishes of the FAA, officials from Customs and Border Protection had used the Pentagon’s high-energy laser weapon to shoot down what it thought was a ...