Countries around the world are rapidly deploying laser weapons for air defense and counter-drone operations. The real ...

The Army-Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise missiles.

AeroVironment tested its Locust laser on the USS George H.W. Bush in a one-day trial to speed up shipboard drone defense.

The U.S. Navy recently rebooted the SSL-TM, a 150-kilowatt laser weapon aboard the USS Portland. This returned effort could ...

New Ukrainian laser system offers low-cost alternative to Western anti-drone tech ...

The military wants 'tens to hundreds' of laser weapons. After years of prototypes, the real challenge is scaling production.

Earlier this summer, Israel made military history. Not with a missile, bomb or bullet — but with a beam of light. In a first for modern warfare, the Israel Defense Forces successfully intercepted ...

A new pilot program will install “high-energy lasers and high-powered microwave systems” at major bases around the U.S.

The Pentagon plans to install directed-energy weapons, including high-powered lasers and microwave systems, at five U.S.

This article originally appeared in Popular Science. On Sept. 15, defense giant Lockheed Martin announced that it had delivered a 300-kw laser to the Department of Defense. Developed for a program ...