HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army is evaluating additional 50-kilowatt platforms as it seeks to buy short-range air defense laser weapons, even as its initial four prototypes deploy in U.S. Central ...

The Army has inked a contract with defense giant Lockheed Martin for a platoon's worth of what would be the U.S. military's most powerful laser weapon system to date, the company announced Tuesday.

It’s no exaggeration to say that the U.S. Army is laser-focused on taking out cheap, deadly drones like the ones that have rained down on Ukrainian battlefields and Middle East bases. The service now ...

It’s a first for the US Army’s laser weapons. At Fort Sill, Okla., the Army conducted a live-fire exercise with the Directed Energy Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD). The weapon targeted ...

The U.S. Army has sent its latest air defense system, armed with high powered lasers, to Iraq. The DE M-SHORAD system uses lasers to destroy or disable enemy drones, rockets, and artillery. U.S.

For the first time, British Army regular troops have operated a high-powered laser weapon mounted on an armored combat vehicle. Soldiers from 16 Royal Artillery in Wales used a laser installed on a ...

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 ...

Ever since the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER) was invented in 1958, science fiction has depicted them as all-powerful weapons of war. For most of the laser's history, ...

The Army has officially deployed a pair of high-energy lasers overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out of the sky, the service recently confirmed, marking a major milestone for the U.S. military's ...

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FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Like something out of a sci-fi movie, cutting edge lasers could instantaneously incapacitate and disrupt technology while presenting an equally grave danger to Soldiers’ safety on ...