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

New Pentagon FY2027 budget documents reveal the Joint Laser Weapon System, a containerized 300kW+ laser weapon designed to ...

The Pentagon thinks modern lasers might finally be ready for missile defense duty.

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

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Discover the technology behind the Active Denial System (ADS), often referred to as the "Beam of Pain," a cutting-edge non-lethal weapon developed under the Weapon of Effects Program. This video ...

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

A New York–based technology company says it has developed a discreet weapon detection system capable of identifying concealed threats in less than a second — a claim it believes could reshape how ...

The LOCUST Laser Weapon System, a 20-kilowatt counter-drone weapon, conducts tests at the Military Institute of Armament Technology in Zielonka, Poland in February 2026. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via ...

As conflict in the Middle East intensifies, militaries are turning to a new kind of weapon — not a missile or drone, but artificial intelligence (AI). As you read this article, advanced AI systems are ...

The U.S. Navy spent at least six months resurrecting a high-energy laser weapon that previously graced the bow of a warship for a new military exercise last year, the service recently revealed. But ...

Governments kept advanced military weapons secret for decades to maintain strategic advantages over rivals, with technologies like stealth aircraft, hypersonic systems, and nuclear weapons eventually ...