The dream of laser weapons has not materialized nearly as fast as the Pentagon once thought it would, but the Navy's top ...

The U.S. Army is now testing a more lethal 20kW vehicle mounted LOCUST laser weapon system from AeroVironment (AV) Inc.

Israel has deployed its Iron Beam laser air defense system, using a 100-kW directed-energy weapon to intercept drones and ...

The Pentagon’s push to field laser weapons has shifted from laboratory curiosity to operational reality, with recent tests showing systems that can track, target, and disable threats in real time.

Laser beams, robodogs and drone-zapping microwaves, these are the types of weapons that could be deployed on battlefields in the not too distant future. Some are already here. The threat of a wider ...

Japan has quietly crossed a threshold in naval warfare, installing a massive high-energy laser on a dedicated test ship and ...

ISRAEL has deployed an unstoppable new weapon that can blast drones out of the sky at the speed of light. The first combat-ready Iron Beam laser interception system was released to the IDF on ...

German defense firms Rheinmetall and MBDA Germany plan to establish a joint venture in early 2026 to develop and produce ...

Imagine a battlefield where missiles are intercepted mid-air with beams of light, drones are neutralized in seconds, and the cost of firing a weapon is measured in pennies rather than millions. This ...

Laser weapons go mobile as the US Army takes delivery of two 20-kW, anti-drone Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted Laser-Oriented Counter-UAS System (LOCUST) Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) from ...

At Fort Sill, OK, soldiers conducted live-fire trials with directed energy weapons and kinetic systems. DE M-SHORAD laser weapon in action at Fort Sill. In Oklahoma, the U.S. Army is taking aim at the ...