The US Navy successfully tested its new laser weapon mounted on a warship. The dramatic photo above depicts the High Energy ...

ABU DHABI—Rafael is introducing a new laser air defense system, offering a mobile version of its Iron Beam in its bet that directed energy weapons are the best way to counter the rapidly growing ...

The undated image shows the U.S. Navy testing a weapon system known as HELIOS from the USS Preble destroyer in the middle of the ocean.

The US Navy’s HELIOS laser weapon, a cutting-edge directed energy system, has demonstrated its potential in recent tests, ...

The US Navy is helping to eliminate the need for a human operator to counter drone swarm attacks. An effort led by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) used AI to make laser weapons better able to ...

The U.S. Navy and a series of partners are trying to use AI to automate target classification, pose estimation, and aimpoint ...

Ukraine’s uncrewed systems forces commander Vadym Sukharevskyi has revealed that laser-based directed energy weapons (DEWs) ...

But military analysts say that laser weapons, which work by training a powerful laser beam onto the target to disable it, may offer an effective way of countering drones. "There is a growing ...

US president orders work on defence shield going beyond Ronald Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ programme that could trigger nuclear arms ...

An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships. The photo ...