Despite years of promises, the latest budget shows directed energy systems are still largely confined to development and ...

FAA approval of high-energy laser weapons for anti-drone operations follows numerous incidents of airspace closures.

Laser weapons may sound like something out of a science fiction blockbuster movie, but they're becoming increasingly practical for military applications.

The Navy revived a retired 150-kW laser, exposing a hard truth: the future of warfare is here, but not yet ready at scale.

The U.S. military's pursuit of high-energy laser weapons for American air defense comes amid the expanding threat of low-cost ...

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here. For decades, the U.S. military’s dream ...

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...

One of the most distinctive features of the U.S. military’s high-energy laser weapon of choice isn’t the system itself—it’s how operators control it. The logic of embracing the handset simple: If the ...

Iranian weapons debris, blown to pieces or mechanically crippled, keeps dropping from the Middle East sky. For that, we can thank heat-seeking satellites, military-grade malware, and radar-jamming ...

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 ...