US allies in the Middle East are racing to get new laser defense weapons
Cheap drones are exposing gaps in current air defense systems, and countries in the Middle East are looking to laser weapons ...
The ‘Space Laser’ Wars Have Begun—And America Wants to Be First to Develop the High-Powered Weapons
One of DARPA’s concerns is that Russia has allegedly developed a nuclear space-based, anti-satellite weapon that may be ...
U.S. shipbuilder to develop anti-drone laser weapon for Army
U.S. shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries announced this week that it will develop a new high-energy laser weapon for ...
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Ukraine claims to have fielded a drone-killing laser weapon
In fielding such a system, Ukraine would join an elite club of significant military-industrial powers that have developed ...
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Royal Navy to get laser weapons that can hit £1 coin from 1km in £2bn defence boost
Defence will receive a further £2.2bn funding boost this year which will include equipping Royal Navy ships with state-of-the ...
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Powerful Combat Laser Could Be Latest Game Changer in Ukraine-Russia Conflict
Claims by Ukraine military official of a newly deployed combat laser joins a larger trend in directed energy weapons on the ...
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HII Nabs Army Award To Develop High-Energy Laser Weapon
HII will develop and test a prototype high-energy laser (HEL) weapon system to defeat unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with a ...
HII is Awarded Contract to Develop High-Energy Laser Weapon System for the US Army
MCLEAN, Va., March 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Mission Technologies division was selected to develop an open architecture High-Energy Laser (HEL) weapon ...
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Iron Beam: How Israel’s New Laser Weapon Works
Israel’s experimental air-defense system known as the Iron Beam uses laser technology to strike down drones and rockets, but military analysts say the device needs U.S. support to improve its ...
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Marines Get Drone-Killing Laser
A laser weapon designed to take out drones has been ... Marines are still evaluating the new system, and its acquisition is being hailed as a rapid acquisition win. From concept to delivery ...
Space Force wants six kinds of space weapons—including anti-satellite lasers
Saltzman said the Space Force categorizes adversarial space weapons in six categories—three that are space-based and three ...
New video shows US fighter aircraft knocking out Houthi drones with rockets much cheaper than top air-to-air missiles
The footage of the engagement comes amid a fresh round of US airstrikes against the Houthis as the Red Sea conflict continues ...