The United States Army has taken a visible step in the race to counter cheap, ubiquitous drones, firing its newest ...

The directed-energy variant of the M-SHORAD features a 50-kilowatt laser weapon system on a Stryker vehicle. (Jim Kendall/U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. − The U.S. Army is counting on funding in fiscal ...

After nearly a decade in development, the Army's primary vehicle-mounted laser weapon is on a collision course with its most fearsome foe yet -- dust. The service has deployed four Directed Energy ...

The U.S. Army has sent its latest air defense system, armed with high powered lasers, to Iraq. The DE M-SHORAD system uses lasers to destroy or disable enemy drones, rockets, and artillery. U.S.

The U.S. Army has awarded a Dynetics-led industry team a potential $130M contract to build and demonstrate a 100-kilowatt-class laser weapons system. “High energy laser weapons have been a system that ...

Ever since lasers were invented in 1960, defense contractors and servicemembers have dreamed of shooting things out of the sky with them. Lasers are used all the time in targeting, from the ...