Future air defenses will run on electricity as much as missiles—and China dominates many of the materials that make that ...

AeroVironment’s LOCUST Laser Weapon System tracked, engaged, and neutralized multiple target drones during a demonstration ...

A directed energy demonstration is expected to occur during the summer of 2028, as part of a series of planned Golden ...

Chariot Defense is adapting electric-vehicle technology for the battlefield, where drones, sensors, jammers, and ...

A new pilot program will install “high-energy lasers and high-powered microwave systems” at major bases around the U.S.

LOCUST X3 builds on lessons learned from widely deployed systems to set a new standard in modular, AI-enabled drone defense—delivering unprecedented precision, scalability, and operational flexibility ...

Inc. is republishing this story with permission. The original article first appeared in the Laser Wars newsletter, which focuses on military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. The ...

nLIGHT, Inc. (Nasdaq: LASR), a leading provider of high-power lasers for mission-critical directed energy, optical sensing, and advanced manufacturing applications, today announced its participation ...

The directed-energy variant of the M-SHORAD features a 50-kilowatt laser weapon system on a Stryker vehicle. (Jim Kendall/U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. − The U.S. Army is counting on funding in fiscal ...

The U.S. military has a message for America’s directed energy industry: it’s time to build. In a written posture statement submitted to the House Armed Services Committee ahead of a hearing on the U.S ...

AV’s LOCUST® X3 high-energy laser system, shown mounted on a tactical vehicle, delivers mobile, scalable, and cost-effective counter-drone defense with precision speed-of-light engagement. (Photo ...