As drone swarms overwhelm conventional defenses, the U.S. Navy is deploying HELIOS, a 60-kW laser that can destroy targets at the speed of light for the cost of electricity.

Iranian weapon debris, blown to pieces or mechanically crippled, keeps dropping from the Middle East sky. For that, we can ...

Taking down Iran's cheap drones is a drain on the U.S. weapons stockpile. Emerging laser technology may be a cost-effective ...

The Iran war is testing the U.S. military's ability to combat Iran's drones in a cost-effective way. Emerging laser tech, ...

A US defense firm announced a key milestone in counter-drone technology, having completed a ...

The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, deployed on a US naval ship, downed several drones last week. Here’s what you need to know about the game-changing technology. V ...

The latest military operation against Iran has introduced a new weapon system that has the power to revolutionize warfare in ...

The U.S. Department of Defense has formally declared that unmanned systems are reshaping how wars are fought, and it is betting heavily on directed-energy weapons, particularly high-energy lasers, to ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV), a leading provider of counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) technologies, today announced the successful delivery of two Joint Light ...

Futuristic laser weapons are now deployed with some militaries and are being demonstrated by Ukrainian startups. Industry ...

The rapid spread of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has created a major challenge ...

While other systems have been deployed with various militaries and have even been tested in combat, this is the first time that a laser weapon has been formally added to a country's armed forces as a ...