Israel has delivered its first operational high-power laser air-defense system to the military to counter drones at a ...

The US Navy is helping to eliminate the need for a human operator to counter drone swarm attacks. An effort led by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) used AI to make laser weapons better able to ...

Israel's military is the first to use laser weapons to shoot down drones in war. The systems were prototypes and are being integrated into the country's air defenses. Videos and photos show the system ...

Laser weapons go mobile as the US Army takes delivery of two 20-kW, anti-drone Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted Laser-Oriented Counter-UAS System (LOCUST) Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) from ...

In parallel, Japan has built a heavy-truck demonstrator with a 10-kilowatt-class laser for stopping small drones. Mitsubishi ...

The United Kingdom has quietly brought a piece of science fiction into operational reality, field‑testing a high‑energy laser that can burn a fast‑moving drone out of the sky in seconds. The ...

Modern warfare is associated with military drones. They are useful for scouting areas on reconnaissance missions and are used in attack operations, carrying their own weapons on board. They work solo ...

The Royal Thai Army has unveiled a high-energy laser weapon designed to counter the increasing threats posed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Classified as a directed energy weapon (DEW), the ...

Laser beams, robodogs and drone-zapping microwaves, these are the types of weapons that could be deployed on battlefields in the not too distant future. Some are already here. The threat of a wider ...

The government has awarded a contract to fund a new laser that can shoot down high-speed drones. The £316m will be used to develop the DragonFire laser at MBDA's UK headquarters in Stevenage, ...

In the most recent tests, the system successfully transmitted lasers to aircraft flying up to 5,000 feet (1,524 meters), the ...