The U.S. Army is now testing a more lethal 20kW vehicle mounted LOCUST laser weapon system from AeroVironment (AV) Inc.

The U.S. Army’s latest laser weapon is no longer a bulky science project strapped to a shipping pallet. It has been squeezed ...

Laser weapons go mobile as the US Army takes delivery of two 20-kW, anti-drone Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted Laser-Oriented Counter-UAS System (LOCUST) Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) from ...

Japan has quietly crossed a threshold in naval warfare, installing a massive high-energy laser on a dedicated test ship and ...

(Washington DC) The People’s Liberation Army is showcasing an emerging truck-mounted, counter-drone laser weapon designed to track and incinerate multiple moving air targets simultaneously. The OW5 ...

The US Army is now mounting defense contractor AeroVironment's second-generation Locust Laser Weapon System on some of its ...

The Army is working overtime to ramp up to output of one of its next-generation vehicle-mounted laser weapon systems By Jared Keller Published May 8, 2020 2:20 PM EDT The Army is working overtime to ...

Slowly but surely, the Army is inching towards fielding its first true combat-capable, high-powered laser weapon mounted on a Stryker infantry carrier vehicle. The service announced on Tuesday that it ...

Using a 50-kW high-energy laser weapon, a US Army Stryker combat vehicle acquired, tracked, targeted, and defeated multiple 60-mm mortar rounds and other threats during four weeks of live-fire ...

Special Operations Command wants to demonstrate a high energy laser on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship in fiscal 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ryan Conroy) Leaders from Air Force Special ...

Trains in the Netherlands are getting armed with lasers as part of a test to see if they can burn away dangerous material on the tracks, including autumn leaves. Freelancer Michael Franco writes about ...

Yeah, you read that right: A laser strapped to a Humvee. The Avenger is Boeing’s air defense system typically loaded up with a heavy machine gun or Stinger missiles, but for a test a couple weeks ago, ...