The Army has inked a contract with defense giant Lockheed Martin for a platoon's worth of what would be the U.S. military's most powerful laser weapon system to date, the company announced Tuesday.

The age of laser weapons looks to have officially dawned. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems says that, for the first time in history, a high-energy laser system has been used to destroy multiple drone ...

Taiwan has developed a high-energy laser cannon with the help of a foreign "friend." The vehicle-mounted weapon, code-named "Lightning Protection Project," was built by Taiwan state-owned arms ...

Science fiction may seem like a genre of speculation, where its fanciful gadgets break the laws of physics with no concern for actual feasibility. Sometimes, though, it's a template. Technology that ...

The Request for Information does not guarantee that the Army will move forward with projects, but it underscores the ...

A laser shoots down a drone from a combat vehicle in this artist's rendering. (Courtesy of RTX) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army is working through a variety of challenges with directed-energy weapons ...

A British Army vehicle has trialed a speed-of-light laser weapon for the first time. The ground-breaking test, conducted at Defence Science and Technology's Laboratory (Dstl) range in Porton Down, saw ...

In another step toward practical battlefield energy weapons, the UK has for the first time tested a laser weapon mounted on a British Army Wolfhound armored vehicle as part of the Land Laser Directed ...

China has signaled plans for a next-generation, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier capable of deploying high-energy ...

Britain has successfully fired a laser weapon from an army combat vehicle for the first time, the UK government announced today. During trials, the system “neutralised” targets at distances in excess ...