Directed energy weapons include high-energy lasers that ... More recently, the Israel Defense Forces unveiled plans to field a laser missile interceptor system called the Iron Beam by this year ...

Among its capabilities, the enclosed facility features the nation’s largest test range for laser and hypersonic weapons. In addition to testing advanced weapons systems, the test site can evaluate ...

HELIOS, a 60-kW directed-energy weapons platform, was installed aboard the Preble in 2022 ... “We’re already integrating the HELIOS Laser Weapon System with the Aegis Weapon System CSL ...

Yemen's Houthi group has said it had shot down a US F-18 fighter jet during an earlier assault on the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, and launched fresh drone attacks over the past 24 hours ...

The U.S. Air Force has officially stepped back from plans to equip its fighter jets with laser weapons, citing major technical hurdles. Explore why the futuristic vision of airborne lasers is ...

The spokesperson confirmed the existence of a program that is looking to add a new air-to-air laser weapon to the MQ-9 family; part of a joint program that is looking to deliver an airborne laser to ...

Russia and Ukraine on Sunday accused each other of violating an Easter truce as US President Donald Trump surprisingly announced that the war rivals could make a "deal" this week.

The U.S. is losing the hypersonic arms race to China—but a formidable, new weapon could change the game. When the U.S. Navy’s ...

A Stryker carried a 50-kW laser for shooting down a range of small, fast-moving threats as part of the Army’s Directed-Energy Maneuver–Short-Range Air Defense program. Credit: Jim Kendall/U.S ...

The British Army has conducted a successful trial of a new UK-made radio wave weapon that can take out swarms of enemy drones. Developed by an industry consortium led by Thales, the Radiofrequency ...