The US Navy has officially unveiled its latest and most powerful addition to its arsenal,the HELIOS laser weapon. After more ...

The DragonFire laser directed-energy weapon achieved the U.K.’s first high-power firing of the weapon type against an aerial target. (Photo provided/British Defence Ministry) (THE CONVERSATION) ...

The Navy has been developing SSLs for several years, and in 2014 installed on a Navy ship a prototype SSL called the Laser Weapon System (LaWS) that was capable of countering surface craft and UAVs.

The US Navy released a clip of the USS Preble firing a HELIOS laser weapon. The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance will be used primarily to counter UAV.pic.twitter ...

Defense giants Boeing and BAE are collaborating on a truly baroque superweapon: a mashup of a laser and a machine gun. And a recent test of the laser-enhanced Mk-38 tells us what its main mission ...

Verdict: Misleading. The video is artificial intelligence. The image it is based on, though, is real. Fact Check: Social ...

Delivered by Dstl and the DragonFire partners - MBDA, Leonardo and QinetiQ – the trial builds on the first static high-power laser firing of a sovereign UK capability and demonstration of the ...

Before I could lock the laser weapon’s crosshairs on the DJI Phantom drone, I had to make sure it was in the right position. With the drone against a cloudless blue sky, the weapon’s sensors ...

An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships.. The photo ...

The high-powered laser systems, made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, provide an additional layer of air-defense, an ...

The following is Congressional Research Service's May 17 report, Navy Laser, Railgun, and Gun-Launched Guided Projectile: Background & Issues for Congress.

A videoshared on X claims to show the USS Preble firing a laser weapon. Verdict: Misleading The video is artificial intelligence. The image it is based on, though, is real. Fact Check: Social ...