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 ...

For years, laser weapons were promoted as the future of warfare, promising light speed precision, deep magazines, and low cost shots compared to missiles and bullets. Yet despite heavy investment ...

After years of putting off the drone threat, the U.S. government is trying to do something about it, but policy is struggling ...

On April 13, the United States Navy announced that it conducted a test of a new laser weapon. According to a statement released by the Navy, “The ground-based laser system... United States Air Force ...

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant ...

Imagine a battlefield where missiles are intercepted mid-air with beams of light, drones are neutralized in seconds, and the cost of firing a weapon is measured in pennies rather than millions. This ...

A truck-fired 50 kW laser weapon — an upgrade of the lumbering HEL-MTT — will be test fired in 2018. A 100 kW weapon on a more mobile vehicle — perhaps an 8×8 Stryker or tracked Bradley — will be test ...

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

A Wolfhound armored personnel carrier, equipped with a laser weapon for zapping drones, sits at the Radnor Range in Wales during tests. (British MOD) PARIS — British Army troops fired a high-energy ...

For the first time, British Army regular troops have operated a high-powered laser weapon mounted on an armored combat vehicle. Soldiers from 16 Royal Artillery in Wales used a laser installed on a ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The effort wasn’t a total waste, however. The OICW inspired the M320 grenade launcher and the XM25 air-burst munitions system. The U.S. Army’s Objective Individual ...