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The US Navy has confirmed that a frontline destroyer has successfully used a ship-mounted laser weapon to defeat multiple ...

The Navy sees HELIOS and other directed energy weapons as critical capabilities, but has faced persistent challenges in ...

Lockheed Martin’s “HELIOS” anti-drone laser passed a recent test with flying colors, according to CEO Jim Taiclet.

A surprise weapon is hitting Russian tanks in Ukraine: US laser-guided Copperhead 155mm artillery rounds from the 1980s. This is not just the US Army dumping some of its outdated stock to an ally ...

Israeli defence technology firm Rafael says its Iron Beam directed energy weapon has achieved operational status following ...

“Ukraine has laser weaponry called ‘Trident’…the fifth country able to claim possession of a laser weapon. Currently, we can use this laser to shoot down aircraft at altitudes exceeding two kilometers ...

“DRAGONFIRE is a modular capability providing the Royal Navy agility as to when and where it is deployed, therefore it is not ...

This article originally appeared in Popular Science. On Sept. 15, defense giant Lockheed Martin announced that it had delivered a 300-kw laser to the Department of Defense. Developed for a program ...

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Britain and Germany have also been trialing similar systems.