Ever since lasers were invented in 1960, defense contractors and servicemembers have dreamed of shooting things out of the ...

A quadcopter drone burns after being hit by a laser weapon system at Camp Roberts, California, Feb. 6, 2025. (Dan Linehan/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Army aims to produce up to 20 high-energy laser weapons to ...

The directed-energy variant of the M-SHORAD features a 50-kilowatt laser weapon system on a Stryker vehicle. (Jim Kendall/U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. − The U.S. Army is counting on funding in fiscal ...

It’s a first for the US Army’s laser weapons. At Fort Sill, Okla., the Army conducted a live-fire exercise with the Directed Energy Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD). The weapon targeted ...

There are many jobs in the United States Army that are dangerous — it's the military, after all. Still, there are a few jobs or tasks that are considerably more dangerous than others. In the Navy, ...

(Washington DC) The People’s Liberation Army is showcasing an emerging truck-mounted, counter-drone laser weapon designed to track and incinerate multiple moving air targets simultaneously. The OW5 ...

Here’s What to Remember: In November of 2013, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command used the HEL MD, a vehicle-mounted high energy laser, to successfully engage ...

The U.S. Army has awarded a Dynetics-led industry team a potential $130M contract to build and demonstrate a 100-kilowatt-class laser weapons system. “High energy laser weapons have been a system that ...

The Royal Thai Army has unveiled a high-energy laser weapon designed to counter the increasing threats posed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Classified as a directed energy weapon (DEW), the ...

A sci-fi staple for decades, laser weapons are finally becoming reality in the US military, albeit with capabilities a little less dramatic than at the movies. Lightsabers -- the favored weapon of the ...