The U.S. Navy already has a laser weapon installed on a guided-missile destroyer, and the Pentagon is pushing to field combat ...

A directed energy demonstration is expected to occur during the summer of 2028, as part of a series of planned Golden ...

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 ...

Congress wants the Navy's HELIOS laser in a container. See why this move aims to give warships flexible, drone-killing power ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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

For decades, laser weapons were supposed to revolutionize warfare. Militaries spent billions trying to build systems that ...