Air Force Research Laboratory Tactical High Power Operational Responder (THOR). (Courtesy photo/AFRL Directed Energy Directorate) Tanker Directorate PEO highlights guiding principles, tips for success ...

A directed energy demonstration is expected to occur during the summer of 2028, as part of a series of planned Golden ...

HELIOS is the only laser able to down drones installed on an active Navy warship, and putting it in a container would open up ...

The U.S. Navy already has a laser weapon installed on a guided-missile destroyer, and the Pentagon is pushing to field combat ...

Congress wants the Navy's HELIOS laser in a container. See why this move aims to give warships flexible, drone-killing power ...

nLIGHT (LASR) shares had surged 13% by mid-morning market action on Monday as the company prepares to unveil its high-energy laser weapon solutions at the Pacific Operational Science & Technology ...

Future air defenses will run on electricity as much as missiles—and China dominates many of the materials that make that ...

A containerized LOCUST Laser Weapon System on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. (U.S. Navy) Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a ...

LOCUST X3 builds on lessons learned from widely deployed systems to set a new standard in modular, AI-enabled drone defense—delivering unprecedented precision, scalability, and operational flexibility ...

The directed-energy variant of the M-SHORAD features a 50-kilowatt laser weapon system on a Stryker vehicle. (Jim Kendall/U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. − The U.S. Army is counting on funding in fiscal ...

AV’s LOCUST® X3 high-energy laser system, shown mounted on a tactical vehicle, delivers mobile, scalable, and cost-effective counter-drone defense with precision speed-of-light engagement. (Photo ...