When we envision the future of naval warfare, our minds often jump to sleek, stealth destroyers unleashing volleys of ...

The US Navy’s chief has fully supported directed energy weapons (DE), declaring that the ...

Their laser technology is a descendant of the United States’s Strategic Defense Initiative programme, colloquially known as ...

Laser beams, robodogs and drone-zapping microwaves, these are the types of weapons that could be deployed on battlefields in the not too distant future. Some are already here. The threat of a wider ...

The biggest reason for the lag in development of an operational onboard laser system for US Navy (USN) ships likely has more ...

(CNN) — The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to ...

At Fort Sill, OK, soldiers conducted live-fire trials with directed energy weapons and kinetic systems. DE M-SHORAD laser weapon in action at Fort Sill. In Oklahoma, the U.S. Army is taking aim at the ...

The U.S. Navy’s push to mount high‑energy laser weapons on surface ships is no longer a distant concept but a contract‑backed ...