The two countries’ cooperation on “directed energy weapons” is notable because it has taken place without much input or ...

A new research program would separate laser sources from their beam directors, giving the military another possible way ...

The Army is nearing a contract for its first operational laser weapon system after successful testing, marking a major directed energy milestone.

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

QinetiQ invests $26.8 million in laser weapons as low shot costs drive military demand. Discover how laser defense systems ...

The global laser weapons race is a competitive, proliferating market involving systems from rival powers. Inc. is republishing this story with permission. The original article first appeared in the ...

The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air-launched missiles during tests at the High Energy ...

Modern warfare poses challenges of its own. Facing drone threats, the US is now looking to officially add laser weapons to its military. In our weekly wrap, we talk about this, the latest from the ...

The Pentagon is moving high-energy laser weapons from experimental projects to frontline military deployments through its Enduring High Energy Laser (EHEL) programme. The US Army plans to procure up ...

In 1968, a fantastic story spread that Nicolae Ceaușescu had stopped a Soviet invasion with a secret death ray. The weapon ...

A sci-fi staple for decades, laser weapons are finally becoming reality in the US military, albeit with capabilities a little less dramatic than at the movies. Lightsabers — the favored weapon of the ...