The Pentagon’s push to field laser weapons has shifted from laboratory curiosity to operational reality, with 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 ...

A race is on in the Middle East to develop sophisticated laser weapons. Gulf states are seeking to emulate Israel's Iron Beam air defenses. Cheap drones are exposing gaps in current air defense ...

For a while missiles looked like potential prey. They have thin skins and are packed with fuel and explosives. Merely damaging the shell of a supersonic missile can create drag, causing it to tumble ...

Chinese scientists have developed a portable 2-kilowatt (kW) fiber laser weapon that can operate in extreme temperatures. Reportedly capable of functioning in conditions between -58°F (-50°C) and ...

In spite of the DEW weapons’ promise, they are still years away from completion—while China is prepared to make war in the Indo-Pacific almost immediately. After having successfully demonstrated that ...

A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed Helios — from one of its warships. The undated image, which was published in the US Center for ...

Costs a tenner a shot instead of £1M per anti-aircraft missile Britain's Royal Navy ships will be fitted with the DragonFire ...