The current LOCUST system delivers "hard kills" with a 20-kilowatt beam, meaning it can physically destroy drones mid-flight.

A U.S. warship, which is currently deployed in the Western Pacific Ocean, was pictured firing its laser at a drone target last week. Newsweek has contacted the Pentagon and the U.S. Navy for ...

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed plans to accelerate the deployment of the cutting-edge 'DragonFire Laser Directed ...

The U.S. Army says a powerful new laser weapon prototype is being developed to detect and destroy small unmanned aerial ...

One of DARPA’s concerns is that Russia has allegedly developed a nuclear space-based, anti-satellite weapon that may be ...

The British government in its Spring Statement in March announced plans to spend at least 10% of the Ministry of Defence ...

Claims by Ukraine military official of a newly deployed combat laser joins a larger trend in directed energy weapons on the ...

U.S. shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries announced this week that it will develop a new high-energy laser weapon for ...

The UK is moving forward with plans to deploy its new DragonFire laser weapon on warships. Lasers could offer a cheap defense ...

Upon successful demonstration, the system is expected to transition into low-rate initial production. About HII HII is a global, all-domain defense provider.

MCLEAN, Va., March 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Mission Technologies division was selected to develop an open architecture High-Energy Laser (HEL) weapon ...