Cheap drones are exposing gaps in current air defense systems, and countries in the Middle East are looking to laser weapons ...

One of DARPA’s concerns is that Russia has allegedly developed a nuclear space-based, anti-satellite weapon that may be ...

Combining a high-energy laser with an optical dazzler, HELIOS can both destroy ... speculate that directed energy weapons (DEW) can be used for missile defense. Given President Donald Trump ...

USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS ... laser weapon is expected to reach operational capacity by the end of this year, according to the Israel Defense ...

The Navy has shown off its jaw-dropping new laser weapon. The HELIOS system can be seen firing from a warship in an internal military report, published in January, showcasing the latest ...

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The Defense Department expects to stand up its first battalion of Stryker vehicles outfitted with high-powered laser weapons by some ... Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (DE-MSHORAD) Stryker ...

Israel’s experimental air-defense system known as the Iron Beam uses laser technology to strike down drones and rockets, but military analysts say the device needs U.S. support to improve its ...

including designing laser weapons to use in space, the Department of Defense press service said. Speaking at the Stanford University in California, Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, who heads the U.S ...

MOSCOW, March 12. /TASS/. Russian army has laser weapons in service, which can hit predetermined targets, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said in an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper ...