Lockheed Martin’s “HELIOS” anti-drone laser passed a recent test with flying colors, according to CEO Jim Taiclet. Last week, Lockheed Martin announced that a US Navy guided-missile destroyer had used ...

High-energy laser weapons are a natural fit for large, power-rich aircraft carriers—with limits. When U.S. Navy leaders declared that “the dream of a laser on every ship can become a real one” earlier ...

Laser weapons are such an entrenched sci-fi trope that it's easy to forget just how real this tech can be (and is). While we're not exactly close to seeing real-life "Star Wars" space battles, the U.S ...

For the first time on record, a laser weapon fired from the flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier has shot down drones in a live-fire exercise. The weapon, known as the LOCUST Laser Weapon System, ...

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 ...