The counter-drone weapon that caused a shutdown of El Paso's airspace on Wednesday was AeroVironment's LOCUST, a 20-kilowatt ...

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

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

Did the FAA announce an unprecedented 10-day shutdown of an international airport because of the Pentagon's experimental laser weapon?

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

A high-tech laser loaned by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security is reportedly responsible for the flight restriction chaos around El Paso, Texas, as more ...

Mortifying. The post It Appears That Immigration Officials Caused the El Paso Airport Shutdown When They Panic-Fired a ...

A sci-fi staple for decades, laser weapons are finally becoming reality in the US military, albeit with capabilities a little less dramatic than at the movies. Lightsabers -- the favored weapon of the ...

This article originally appeared in Popular Science. On Sept. 15, defense giant Lockheed Martin announced that it had delivered a 300-kw laser to the Department of Defense. Developed for a program ...

Ukraine has developed a prototype laser-based weapon to bring down Russian drone swarms. Dubbed ...

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

It sounds like a contradiction at first. A weapon strong enough to slice through metal and knock drones out of the sky, yet completely silent when it does so.