The U.S. Navy already has a laser weapon installed on a guided-missile destroyer, and the Pentagon is pushing to field combat ...

A directed energy demonstration is expected to occur during the summer of 2028, as part of a series of planned Golden ...

Congress wants the Navy's HELIOS laser in a container. See why this move aims to give warships flexible, drone-killing power ...

Future air defenses will run on electricity as much as missiles—and China dominates many of the materials that make that ...

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 ...

The U.S. military is once again pursuing flying directed energy weapons to counter threats to American airspace.

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 directed-energy variant of the M-SHORAD features a 50-kilowatt laser weapon system on a Stryker vehicle. (Jim Kendall/U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. − The U.S. Army is counting on funding in fiscal ...

Lawmakers in the House Armed Services Committee released the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act on Tuesday.