Military planners spent years treating high-energy lasers as a science project. In 2025, that changed, as directed-energy ...

Militaries spent decades trying to turn light into a weapon. In 2025, introduction of several lasers show how fast technology ...

The Pentagon’s push to field laser weapons has shifted from laboratory curiosity to operational reality, with recent tests showing systems that can track, target, and disable threats in real time.

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

AIDC displayed its new high-energy directed energy laser weapon at TADTE 2025. (Janes/Akhil Kadidal) Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has unveiled a new ‘high-energy' ...

The “Golden Dome” cannot rely upon long-range continental defenses; it will need short- and medium-range defenses as a backup. This is where the Army’s DE M-SHORAD system could come in. America’s ...

According to Rheinmetall, the German Navy’s directed energy weapon can engage a wide range of targets, including guided missiles, rockets, and drone swarms. The German Navy is getting closer to having ...

Drones have forever changed modern warfare. From rapid deployment and real-time intelligence gathering, to remote operation and lower maintenance, they've emerged as a cost-effective and multifaceted ...

At Fort Sill, OK, soldiers conducted live-fire trials with directed energy weapons and kinetic systems. DE M-SHORAD laser weapon in action at Fort Sill. In Oklahoma, the U.S. Army is taking aim at the ...