The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first ...

Trump’s Navy chief is calling for giant lasers to be included on new battleships - US has not commissioned a battleship in ...

The dream of laser weapons has not materialized nearly as fast as the Pentagon once thought it would, but the Navy's top ...

A quadcopter drone burns after being hit by a laser weapon system at Camp Roberts, California, Feb. 6, 2025. (Dan Linehan/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Army aims to produce up to 20 high-energy laser weapons to ...

It’s being described as a breakthrough in air defense. For the first time, Israel’s high-power laser air defense system has been used in combat. The system’s maker, Rafael, and Israel’s Ministry of ...

Portable laser weapons are now in U.S. Army units, promising cheap, rapid defense against drones, rockets, and other small ...

Rheinmetall and MBDA have met a major milestone in moving their containerized laser weapon system to market. After a year of sea trials, the high-energy laser is moving to further land-based testing ...

Following further successful trials of the UK’s DragonFire laser weapon in November last year, which took place at 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 ...

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 ...

A new high-power laser system will soon be sent to sea for its first tests under maritime conditions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...