The U.S. military will test a high-energy laser weapon at White Sands Missile Range, designed to disable drones.

The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration plan to jointly test a high-energy laser weapon designed to shoot down small drones at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The test, announced ...

As drone swarms overwhelm conventional defenses, the U.S. Navy is deploying HELIOS, a 60-kW laser that can destroy targets at the speed of light for the cost of electricity.

The U.S. Army is accelerating its deployment of directed-energy weapons designed to burn incoming rockets, drones, and missiles out of the sky, with a particular focus on countering threats from Iran ...

Soldier takes cover behind a building during training exercise. - Wikimedia Commons/Cpl David A. Perez, cropped and resized, Public Domain. Across the United States, servicepeople and scientists alike ...

The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration have agreed to conduct anti-drone laser tests in New Mexico this weekend ...

The Belgian Air Force has been testing the FZ275 laser-guided rocket and APKWS II on its F-16s to effectively counter the evolving threat of cheap attack drones. A Belgian Air Force F-16AM was spotted ...

EL PASO, Texas -- The sudden and surprising airspace closure over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday -- first announced as extending for 10 days but lasting only a few hours -- stemmed from the Pentagon's ...

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...