The U.S. Army is now testing a more lethal 20kW vehicle mounted LOCUST laser weapon system from AeroVironment (AV) Inc.

Militaries spent decades trying to turn light into a weapon. In 2025, introduction of several lasers show how fast technology ...

Rheinmetall and MBDA plan to form a joint venture in 2026 to develop naval laser weapon systems, following successful German ...

The German division of missile firm MBDA Systems and arms maker Rheinmetall have agreed to establish a new joint-venture ...

Laser weapons go mobile as the US Army takes delivery of two 20-kW, anti-drone Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted Laser-Oriented Counter-UAS System (LOCUST) Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) from ...

Japan has quietly crossed a threshold in naval warfare, installing a massive high-energy laser on a dedicated test ship and ...

Inspired by science fiction but grounded in modern engineering, we examine how a new generation of laser-based air defense is ...

The high-power laser weapon is installed on the 6,200-ton test ship JS Asuka and will undergo sea trials in real maritime conditions starting in 2026.

Modern aerial battlefields are becoming increasingly congested, characterized by a proliferation of small, low-cost threats ...

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 ...

ISRAEL has deployed an unstoppable new weapon that can blast drones out of the sky at the speed of light. The first ...

Imagine a battlefield where missiles are intercepted mid-air with beams of light, drones are neutralized in seconds, and the cost of firing a weapon is measured in pennies rather than millions. This ...