The U.S. Navy already has a laser weapon installed on a guided-missile destroyer, and the Pentagon is pushing to field combat ...

Congress wants the Navy's HELIOS laser in a container. See why this move aims to give warships flexible, drone-killing power ...

The US Navy wants to use compact lasers to shoot down cheap exploding drones. Rechargeable magazines could enable laser weapons to fire more shots before needing to cool. The concept has a lot of ...

HELIOS is the only laser able to down drones installed on an active Navy warship, and putting it in a container would open up ...

The U.S. Navy has spent hundreds of millions of dollars firing advanced interceptor missiles at cheap Houthi drones over the ...

A directed energy demonstration is expected to occur during the summer of 2028, as part of a series of planned Golden ...

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 ...

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 ...

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on shipboard solid state lasers (SSLs) that the Navy is developing for surface-ship self-defense. The Navy’s proposed FY2024 budget ...

The United States military has explored laser weapons for decades—but has chronically underinvested in them. A U.S. Navy admiral stated bluntly earlier this month that the service should be ...