Militaries spent decades trying to turn light into a weapon. In 2025, introduction of several lasers show how fast technology ...

Israel has delivered its first operational high-power laser air-defense system to the military to counter drones at a ...

In the most recent tests, the system successfully transmitted lasers to aircraft flying up to 5,000 feet (1,524 meters), the company said. The components form a “wireless power line” that optically ...

In parallel, Japan has built a heavy-truck demonstrator with a 10-kilowatt-class laser for stopping small drones. Mitsubishi ...

The U.K. Ministry of Defence recently tested the DragonFire laser weapon at a facility in Scotland, destroying high-speed drones with its targeted energy technology. Why it matters: Militaries have ...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has achieved a major milestone in wireless energy transmission. The agency claims it is setting new records in its latest test campaign under ...

In another step toward practical battlefield energy weapons, the UK has for the first time tested a laser weapon mounted on a British Army Wolfhound armored vehicle as part of the Land Laser Directed ...

Researchers working with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have been awarded a $1 million grant to create a prototype quantum laser unlike anything we've ever seen. the laser ...

A British Army vehicle has trialed a speed-of-light laser weapon for the first time. The ground-breaking test, conducted at Defence Science and Technology's Laboratory (Dstl) range in Porton Down, saw ...

Just as everyone has unique fingerprints, everyone has a unique heartbeat, and this is key to the US military's newest identification device.