Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wants the U.S. defense industrial base to build ‘tens to hundreds’ of directed energy ...

The Army-Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise missiles.

The military wants 'tens to hundreds' of laser weapons. After years of prototypes, the real challenge is scaling production.

One of the world's largest military expos is currently underway in Istanbul, Turkey – offering a glimpse at what the next ...

This story has been corrected. The U.S. Army has shelved its “Valkyrie” laser anti-missile system, shifting instead to the newer Joint Laser Weapon System, to be built with the Navy as part of the ...

Laser weapons are such an entrenched sci-fi trope that it's easy to forget just how real this tech can be (and is). While we're not exactly close to seeing real-life "Star Wars" space battles, the U.S ...

High-energy laser weapons are a natural fit for large, power-rich aircraft carriers—with limits. When U.S. Navy leaders declared that “the dream of a laser on every ship can become a real one” earlier ...

Artist rendering of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser. (Lockheed Martin) Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons ...

(CNN) — The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to ...

A member of the joint U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and AeroVironment, Inc. team makes adjustments to the LOCUST Laser Weapon System on the flight deck of the USS George H.W. Bush. (U.S. Navy) Editor’s note: ...