The Army-Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise ...

The LOCUST Laser Weapon System was tested aboard the USS George H.W. Bush and neutralized multiple target drones.

Lasers remain very limited in their range and how fast they can down targets, but they still can be an important layer in a ...

The U.S. Navy has revealed successful live-fire tests of a high-energy laser aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, downing multiple drones in a first-of-its-kind trial. The demonstration aligns with a ...

The U.S. Navy is accelerating its push into directed energy weapons as drone threats ...

American defense contractor AeroVironment said it tested the Locust anti-drone laser system on board the USS George H.W. Bush ...

With their low cost-per-shot and relatively deep magazines, laser weapons and other directed energy systems could potentially ...

The U.S. Navy confirmed that the USS George H.W. Bush successfully used a 20-kilowatt laser to neutralize multiple drones in ...

The U.S. military is laying the foundation for deploying high-energy laser weapons for domestic air defense.

The Amphibious transport dock USS Portland with a mounted Laser Weapons System Demonstrator Mk 2 Mod 0, center, in 2021. (Lance Cpl. Patrick Katz/U.S. Marine Corps) Editor’s note: This story ...

After two high-profile incidents, the U.S. Defense Department and Federal Aviation Administration are planning a joint test of a laser system this weekend designed to shoot down drones, according to a ...