The Army-Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise missiles.
The global laser weapons race is a competitive, proliferating market involving systems from rival powers.
Towards the end of 2021, the United States government awarded Boeing and General Atomics a joint contract to create a ...
Countries around the world are rapidly deploying laser weapons for air defense and counter-drone operations. The real ...
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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 ...
The U.S. military is once again pursuing flying directed energy weapons to counter threats to American airspace.
(CNN) — 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 ...
A member of the joint U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and AeroVironment, Inc. team makes adjustments to the LOCUST Laser Weapon System on the flight deck of the USS George H.W. Bush. (U.S. Navy) Editor’s note: ...