It looks like laser weapons are going to get a major power-up. The US government has awarded contracts worth US$86 million to ...

Two ground vehicles could define how the Pentagon fields high-energy laser weapons at scale.

New Coast Guard and nuclear-security efforts point to a widening federal embrace of directed-energy weapons. This article is ...

The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air-launched missiles during tests at the High Energy ...

The U.S. military is paving the way for the regular deployment of high-energy laser weapons on American soil for air defense amid the expanding threat of low-cost weaponized drones. The Federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. military is pushing to demonstrate high-energy laser weapons engineered for fielding at scale in the next two years, ...

Laser weapons are such an entrenched sci-fi trope that it's easy to forget just how real this tech can be (and is). While we're not exactly close to seeing real-life "Star Wars" space battles, the U.S ...

Lockheed Martin is set to develop a tactical containerized 500 kW laser weapon system to provide combatant commanders with scalable, cost-effective intercept solutions.

Lasers have been used to target US aerial operations in the Pacific, with 20 incidents recorded since September of last year, according to a US military official. The military spokeswoman, who ...