Navy destroyers will soon be armed with high-powered, precision 60kw laser weapons that can track and incinerate attacking drone targets at sea, bringing new "at-the-speed-of-light" attack technology ...

For decades, laser weapons belonged to the world of science fiction. Today, the United States Navy is turning that vision ...

The Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) developed by Northrop Grumman for the MH-60S Seahawk helicopter has reached initial operational capability, according to Navy spokesman Alan Baribeau.

The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air-launched missiles during tests at the High Energy ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy's Next Laser Weapon Is Basically a Real-Life Ray Gun The U.S. Navy just signed a contract for a new portable laser weapon ...

When the Navy is ready to deploy a new 60kw ship-fired laser weapon from a destroyer later this year, maritime attack strategy and tactics will enter new dimensions of massive warfare on the open seas ...

German Navy plans 2029 rollout for laser weapon following successful frigate trials ...

The Navy will increase funding for directed energy solutions, like lasers, to reduce the cost of intercepting enemy missiles, service secretary Carlos Del Toro said Thursday—a month after he told ...

The US Navy has shot down its first drone representing a subsonic cruise missile using an all-electric high-energy laser. At the US Army’s High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility at the White Sands ...

The contract is the first of its kind to field test systems to NAVSEA, which will ultimately lead to the first program of record for laser energy weapons in the U.S. military. The U.S. Navy took an ...