The HELIOS system has been in development since 2018, and in fiscal year 2024, it was used to shoot target drones. If you're wondering why the Navy would dump the tried and true methods of hitting ...

The Navy fired hundreds of interceptors, some costing $28.7 million a piece, to destroy Houthi and Iranian missiles and ...

This spring, the Defiant will embark upon a multi-month demonstration that will test the craft’s autonomy, endurance, and resilience.

It's no surprise that the U.S. Navy has a massive suite of high-tech weapons. But the looming threat of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, has forced the Navy to put some of ...

MANAMA, Bahrain — A recent U.S.-led maritime exercise in the Middle East shifted its focus to building artificial intelligence and drone capabilities as the Navy and its partners work to address ...

The way the Navy uses lasers against drones goes a bit like this. Once the radar picks up the signature of an incoming uncrewed autonomous systems (UAS, the official military term for drones), it ...

Ever since lasers were invented in 1960, defense contractors and servicemembers have dreamed of shooting things out of the sky with them. Lasers are used all the time in targeting, from the ...