The United States is moving forward with a new high-energy laser weapon designed to intercept cruise missiles, marking a step ...

Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150 kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise missiles.

USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. A stunning image from earlier this month depicting the U.S. Navy’s High-Energy ...

The military wants 'tens to hundreds' of laser weapons. After years of prototypes, the real challenge is scaling production.

During its Pacific patrol last year, the USS Preble successfully shot down an unmanned aerial target using its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system.

Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise missiles.

The Pentagon is advancing its Joint Laser Weapon System (JLWS), a containerized high-energy laser designed to counter cruise missiles under the 'Golden Dome' missile defense initiative. The Navy and ...

With their low cost-per-shot and relatively deep magazines, laser weapons and other directed energy systems could potentially ...

The U.S. Navy recently rebooted the SSL-TM, a 150-kilowatt laser weapon aboard the USS Portland. This returned effort could ...