General Atomics is exploring laser armament options for drones across its portfolio, including its new Gambit family of ...

In spite of the DEW weapons’ promise, they are still years away from completion—while China is prepared to make war in the ...

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems completes Iron Beam laser interceptor that destroys rockets and drones at a fraction of the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Nations around the world are rapidly developing high-energy laser weapons for military missions on land and sea, and in the air and space. Visions of swarms of small, inexpensive ...

It’s being described as a breakthrough in air defense. For the first time, Israel’s high-power laser air defense system has been used in combat. The system’s maker, Rafael, and Israel’s Ministry of ...

France is moving ahead with plans to develop space-based laser weapons capable of disabling or damaging satellites from Earth ...

Laser beams, robodogs and drone-zapping microwaves - these are the types of weapons that could be deployed on battlefields in the not too distant future. Some are already here. The threat of a wider ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Iain Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) Nations around the world ...

The US Missile Defense Agency and Boeing are creeping ever closer to test firing a laser at ballistic missile. Boeing this week said it had completed its first Airborne Laser (ABL) missile laser ...

In another step toward practical battlefield energy weapons, the UK has for the first time tested a laser weapon mounted on a British Army Wolfhound armored vehicle as part of the Land Laser Directed ...