In a nod to a common refrain that laser systems are always just five years away, Lockheed Martin’s Stephanie Hill said, “Not ...

China unveiled a portable laser that burns drones out of the sky. See how this backpack system changes short-range air ...

DoD believes the prototypes could lead to a useful alternative to expensive missiles for intercepting drones and cruise missiles.

New Coast Guard and nuclear-security efforts point to a widening federal embrace of directed-energy weapons. This article is ...

Malaysia has taken its first major step into laser air defense. The Royal Malaysian Air Force says Birdie-X is the country’s ...

The footage is 40 seconds long and, depending on your expectations, either mundane or extraordinary. Shot from the deck of a vessel in the harbor of the Russian port city of Novorossiysk on the night ...

Lockheed Martin Aculight and nLIGHT Defense primarily manufacture solid-state lasers (SSL) for military purposes. SSLs are high-energy laser beams that burn through their targets. “This is going to, I ...

The sudden closure of airspace around El Paso, Texas, by the Federal Aviation Administration stemmed from the Pentagon’s plan ...

Companies rush to miniaturize the technology for marking targets on the battlefield, making it suitable to ride on small unmanned aerial vehicles.

High-energy lasers are spreading around the world. A new field known as counter-directed energy weapons could determine whether U.S. drones can survive them. This article is republished with ...