The U.S. Navy has spent more than a decade testing shipboard laser weapons that can track and destroy drones, small boats, and other threats at the speed of light. Programs like LaWS, ODIN, HELIOS, ...

The US Navy wants to use compact lasers to shoot down cheap exploding drones. Rechargeable magazines could enable laser weapons to fire more shots before needing to cool. The concept has a lot of ...

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on shipboard solid-state lasers (SSLs) that the Navy is developing for surface-ship self-defense. The Navy’s proposed FY2024 budget ...

The Navy will increase funding for directed energy solutions, like lasers, to reduce the cost of intercepting enemy missiles, service secretary Carlos Del Toro said Thursday—a month after he told ...

The United States military has explored laser weapons for decades—but has chronically underinvested in them. A U.S. Navy admiral stated bluntly earlier this month that the service should be ...

The US Navy combat laser program is getting stalled with $55 million per year for prototypes but no combat deployment. The US Navy does not want to start spending billions to deploy small numbers of ...

Artificial Intelligence in charge of firing lasers… One with a fear of such things could say this is a nightmare they often have, yet it is very much the reality of our time. Or, at least it will be ...

The recent attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea have highlighted a problem: launching a $2 million air defense missile to stop a $2,000 drone is a bad trade. Not just financially, but also because ...