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

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC. U.S. Army Releases Performance Details As Laser Weapons Enter Service is available to both ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army has inked a contract with defense giant Lockheed Martin for a platoon's worth of what would be the U.S. military's most ...

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 ...

For more than a decade, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been building laser guns for the U.S. military. In a press release late last month, Lockheed described how it will build a new 500 kW-class ...

Here’s What to Remember: In November of 2013, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command used the HEL MD, a vehicle-mounted high energy laser, to successfully engage ...

The U.K. Ministry of Defence recently tested the DragonFire laser weapon at a facility in Scotland, destroying high-speed drones with its targeted energy technology. Why it matters: Militaries have ...