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.

This article originally appeared in Popular Science. On Sept. 15, defense giant Lockheed Martin announced that it had delivered a 300-kw laser to the Department of Defense. Developed for a program ...

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

Smoke rose from a drone after it was shot down by a 50-kW laser mounted on a U.S. Army Stryker vehicle. Credit: U.S. Army ...

IPG Photonics, the global leader in fiber laser technology, announced today that it has received an order from Lockheed Martin Corporation for the delivery of its CROSSBOW™ high-energy laser ...

Elbit Systems' CEO has disclosed that the Israeli defense technology company is working on a helicopter-based high-power laser application, providing further detail on its efforts ...

(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 ...