laser weapons

Ukraine’s New Laser Tool Makes Strike Drones Easier to See in Total Darkness

Ukrainian forces have turned to lasers to spot and track drones in complete darkness, aiming to improve nighttime targeting while reducing the cost of countering low-cost aerial threats.

Read More »

MQ-9 Reaper Tests New Rocket Capability Against Airborne Targets

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and the US Air Force have pushed the MQ-9 Reaper drone deeper into the precision-strike role with successful tests involving APKWS laser-guided rockets.

Read More »

US Navy Opens Laser Weapons Course for Sailors

The US Navy has launched a new training program for sailors operating laser weapons at its Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory in California.

Read More »

India’s New Laser Weapon Raises the Stakes: 300kW

A new 300-kilowatt directed-energy weapon under development in India is designed to neutralize emerging threats at distances of up to 20 kilometers.

Read More »

New ‘HADES’ Laser System From US Firm Delivers 70kW Firepower

US firm nLIGHT is working to counter emerging airborne threats in contested environments with HADES, a new high-energy laser system designed to deliver 70 kilowatts of power.

Read More »

US Firms Advance Laser Counter-Drone System to Prototype Stage

A collaboration between two US companies has reached the prototype stage with a new laser-based counter-drone system designed to function with or without a human operator.

Read More »

CUSV Reinvented: Textron Equips Its Naval Drone With ‘BRAWL’ Air Defense System

Textron Systems has turned its Common Unmanned Surface Vessel into a far more dangerous presence at sea, adding a new air defense capability designed to hunt down airborne threats.

Read More »

AV LOCUST Laser Zaps Drones in USS George H.W. Bush Live-Fire Test

AeroVironment has demonstrated the counter-drone capabilities of its LOCUST laser weapon system aboard the US Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in a live-fire test. 

Read More »

Elbit Develops Airborne Laser Weapon for Helicopters and Fighter Jets

Israel is bringing directed-energy weapons into the air, with Elbit Systems developing high-powered lasers for military aircraft under a new defense contract.

Read More »

America’s Microwave Weapon Now Paired With Self-Driving Truck for Drone Defense

Epirus, General Dynamics Land Systems, and Kodiak AI are bringing autonomy and high-power microwave effects together in a mobile system designed to counter evolving drone threats.

Read More »