Keeping high-energy laser weapons operational has long depended on specialized technicians and delicate fiber ...

It looks like laser weapons are going to get a major power-up. The US government has awarded contracts worth US$86 million to ...

The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air-launched missiles during tests at the High Energy ...

DroneLight laser claims 30 drone kills per minute in under 2 seconds, drawing just 4 kW - but independent validation is still pending.

Lockheed Martin is set to develop a tactical containerized 500 kW laser weapon system to provide combatant commanders with ...

A quadcopter drone burns after being hit by a laser weapon system at Camp Roberts, California, Feb. 6, 2025. (Dan Linehan/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Army aims to produce up to 20 high-energy laser weapons to ...

Laser weapons have become super portable. Defense and security company NUBURU's Lyocon subsidiary has adapted industrial laser technology to create an anti-drone laser weapon small and light enough to ...

Israel is preparing to deploy one of the world’s first combat-ready laser air-defense systems, marking a historic shift in how nations defend against rockets, drones and missiles — and a sign that ...

Researchers from the University of Rochester and University of California, Santa Barbara, engineered a laser device smaller than a penny that they say could power everything from the LiDAR systems ...