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 ...

Ever since lasers were invented in 1960, defense contractors and servicemembers have dreamed of shooting things out of the sky with them. Lasers are used all the time in targeting, from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After months of bold promises about its directed energy weapon ambitions, the U.S. military is putting its money where its mouth ...

Grant awarded in May of 2022 transitions to new contract to fund ongoing development and testing of the Company's capabilities to disrupt intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sensors Applied ...

The US Navy has invested heavily in the “ODIN,” an anti-drone laser—and is beginning to train its sailors on how to use it. Efforts to develop laser-based weapons are well underway with militaries ...

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on shipboard solid state lasers (SSLs) that the Navy is developing for surface-ship self-defense. The Navy’s proposed FY2024 budget ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot ...

Editor's note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here. The cruise missile-killing high-energy ...