For the first time, the U.S. military is deploying directed-energy weapons on American soil to shoot down drones. Laser and ...

After decades of hype and false starts, the Trump administration’s Golden Dome push is forcing the U.S. military to prove ...

HELIOS is the only laser able to down drones installed on an active Navy warship, and putting it in a container would open up ...

A new pilot program will install “high-energy lasers and high-powered microwave systems” at major bases around the U.S.

The U.S. Military Lasers System Market worth valuation of USD 2.98 billion in 2025 and will further be estimated to touch USD 7.12 billion in 2035 with a CAGR of 9.1% during 2026 to 2035. Strong ...

The U.S.military is paving the way for the regular deployment of high-energy laser weapons on American soil for air defense amid the expanding threat of low-cost weaponized drones. The Federal ...

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 ...

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 ...

On April 30, the Financial Times reported Israel had sent a version of its 100-kilowatt Iron Beam high-energy laser weapon to the United Arab Emirates to help Abu Dhabi fend off hundreds of missiles ...

One of the most distinctive features of the U.S. military’s high-energy laser weapon of choice isn’t the system itself—it’s how operators control it. The logic of embracing the handset simple: If the ...

In 1995, the Japanese cult behind the deadly sarin gas subway attack was in touch with a California-based laser manufacturer.