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

A collaborative effort involving the Israel Ministry of Defense’s DDR&D, the IAF, and Rafael has led to operational laser ...

Officials have declined to say which weapons were used, hinting only at a new generation of smaller, mobile laser guns.

The recent deployment of portable directed energy weapons by the 460th Air Defense Artillery Regiment at Fort Sill has s ...

DARPA envisions aerial relays in a future energy web network flying at 60,000 ft. Credit: DARPA concept "Logistics wins wars" is a timeless maxim. For more than 100 years, those logistics have been ...

Land Raiders have been rolling over the competition. Today we examine their venerable history. With the dark clouds of the ...

The Navy’s top officer revealed a laser weapon installed on a destroyer to test an ability to disable drones and small boats has had problems in testing ...

Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. While only a few of the Navy’s vessels feature the new weapon, experts expect HELIOS ...

but the laser isn't the weapon. That's finally changing, though. The Army's high energy laser program is moving forward, and the U.S. Navy has been testing its HELIOS system on the USS Preble (DDG ...

“the U.S. Navy has not released any videos of High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system demonstration on USS Preble (DDG 88).” The weapon is still ...

The US Navy demonstrated its new HELIOS laser weapon that intercepts enemy drones, missiles, and sensors. The Pentagon’s annual Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) report shows the ...

The U.S. Navy tested a powerful new laser weapon called HELIOS, capable of downing drones at the speed of light. The pool's open. Trump's laid off the team that helps protect swimmers. I’ve been ...