The new $32 million laser attack weapon - designed to destroy drones, disable small boats and "dazzle" high-tech sensors - is about to be deployed for the first time in an operational area. The ...

BATH, Maine — Some of the Navy’s futuristic weapons sound like something out of “Star Wars,” with lasers designed to shoot down aerial drones and electric guns that fire projectiles at hypersonic ...

The future has arrived at the U.S. Navy, which will begin deploying lasers this year and an electromagnetic rail gun within two years. The laser will be set up on the transport dock USS Ponce in the ...

Rheinmetall and MBDA plan to establish a joint venture (JV) in Germany focused on naval laser technology, with the new ...

Rheinmetall and MBDA in Germany are planning on establishing a joint venture for their naval laser activities in the first ...

Ever since lasers were invented in 1960, defense contractors and servicemembers have dreamed of shooting things out of the sky with them. Lasers are used all the time in targeting, from the ...

The US Navy is helping to eliminate the need for a human operator to counter drone swarm attacks. An effort led by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) used AI to make laser weapons better able to ...

A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed Helios — from one of its warships. The undated image, which was published in the US Center for ...