A guided-missile destroyer at sea doesn’t need a missile to show it is ready. In a Navy-run drill, a bright beam came off the ...

As drone swarms overwhelm conventional defenses, the U.S. Navy is deploying HELIOS, a 60-kW laser that can destroy targets at the speed of light for the cost of electricity.

What good is a weapon with an almost bottomless magazine if the ship carrying it is running short on the electricity to make ...

The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, deployed on a US naval ship, downed several drones last week. Here’s what you need to know about the game-changing technology. V ...

The latest military operation against Iran has introduced a new weapon system that has the power to revolutionize warfare in ...

Amid waves of Iranian drone attacks, the U.S. Defense Department is pushing to finally field high-energy laser weapons in the ...

Japan has completed a series of shipboard laser trials aboard its long‑serving experimental vessel JS Asuka and will now begin work on a new prototype as part of ...

We’ve been keeping a close, close eye on the U.S. Navy’s Laser Weapons System since it first appeared, and the more we heard about it, the more we were impressed. This summer, one lucky ship will be ...

The U.S. Navy announced plans Monday to deploy a new weapon with the capabilities to disable a hostile boat and even destroy a surveillance drone overhead without releasing ammunition. The Laser ...

Germany’s laser system is roughly comparable to the United Kingdom’s “DragonFire” system, though both programs still have substantial technical challenges to overcome. NATO member Germany could soon ...