The Lockheed Martin -developed HELIOS shipboard laser system was successfully tested at sea against four drones, the company ...

The US Navy (USN) is investing heavily in laser weapons to enhance the lethality and protection of its in-service and future ...

Drone swarms can quickly overwhelm defenses and are difficult to combat effectively, but China's new microwave system could ...

Portable laser weapons are now in U.S. Army units, promising cheap, rapid defense against drones, rockets, and other small ...

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on Wednesday said he strongly supports putting large-power laser weapons on the Trump-class battleship and even ...

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

The German Bundeswehr, alongside MBDA Deutschland and Rheinmetall, has tested a Laser Weapon Demonstrator, with over 100 field firings against a range of targets completed in September 2023. (MBDA) ...

The takeaway: The US Army's latest counter-drone weapon works less like a missile and more like a bug zapper. Mounted on tactical vehicles, the Locust laser reflects how directed-energy systems have ...

Israeli officials stand in front of an Iron Beam (Or Eitan) laser weapon during the system's official handover to the IDF at Rafael's headquarters. (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems) The Israel Defense ...

December 6, 2025: The Aegis Combat Control system has been around since the 1970s, the first ships had it installed for testing. By the 1990s Aegis was the standard radar, fire control system on new ...