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

The Laser Weapon System (LaWS) is a directed-energy weapon developed for the U.S. Navy to counter drones, small boats and ...

Germany has taken another major step toward integrating directed-energy weapons into its naval forces.

Lockheed Martin and nLight are developing high-energy laser weapons that, eventually, will be capable of downing both drones ...

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 ...

China’s new backpack-sized "Lijian" laser can burn through drones in seconds. Is this the future of portable air defense?

Europe's laser weapon race heats up as Germany pushes futuristic naval defense system toward operational service by 2029 ...

The live firing highlighted the Defense Department’s growing interest in weapons that can disable targets with beams of energy rather than bullets or missiles. This article is republished with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After months of bold promises about its directed energy weapon ambitions, the U.S. military is putting its money where its mouth ...

Two ground vehicles could define how the Pentagon fields high-energy laser weapons at scale.

Laser weapons are such an entrenched sci-fi trope that it's easy to forget just how real this tech can be (and is). While we're not exactly close to seeing real-life "Star Wars" space battles, the U.S ...