The Navy’s top officer issued a directive to get high-energy lasers into sailors’ hands as soon as possible to adapt to the modern combat environment.

Iranian citizens have witnessed some dazzling laser shows recently — but they’re not the kind you’d see at a Metallica concert. The US military has been deploying lasers in the Strait of Hormuz to ...

The US military is accelerating the move towards operational laser weapons, with high-energy systems being deployed and tested against drones and other aerial threats.

Since the U.S. military has begun using laser weapons systems to target suspicious drones along the southern border, drone activity in the area has dropped by as much as 75 percent, according to a ...

A $3.8 million contract gives America’s largest shipbuilder its first known naval laser project, as the service races to turn directed-energy weapons into deployable systems. This article is ...

North America sees advances in defence technology, from Canada's Husky tanker and new icebreakers to US Navy drone upgrades, ...

The Pentagon has selected four directed-energy counter-drone systems for an operational pilot at U.S. military installations, ...

Laser systems are being deployed against drones and other aerial threats. Some operators use modified Xbox-style controllers ...

The technology, about 50 years in development, is moving from testing into operational use as the US Army awards a $464.8 million production contract for high-energy lasers.

The United States is set to assess four cutting-edge directed energy weapon systems designed specifically for drone defense.

The summer of love happened in 1967. The summer of lasers is happening right now. Both upset the status quo. The big picture: These weapons, so often associated with science fiction or Congressional ...

Adam Warmoth is the founder and CEO of Chariot Defense, a San Francisco-based start-up building battlefield power systems to bridge expeditionary forces' energy gap at the tactical edge. The company's ...