As of 2025, the US, UK, Israel, Australia, and China are using laser weapons for air defense. This shows a shift in military ...

Laser weapons go mobile as the US Army takes delivery of two 20-kW, anti-drone Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted Laser-Oriented Counter-UAS System (LOCUST) Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) from ...

German defense firms Rheinmetall and MBDA Germany plan to establish a joint venture in early 2026 to develop and produce ...

Military planners spent years treating high-energy lasers as a science project. In 2025, that changed, as directed-energy ...

Rheinmetall and MBDA in Germany are planning on establishing a joint venture for their naval laser activities in the first ...

On July 28, defense giant Lockheed Martin announced it was planning to scale its current laser technology up to a 500-kilowatt-class laser. This would be a substantial increase in output over the ...

As a laser continues to fire in the exact same direction for an extended period, it heats up the air it passes through, which ultimately defocuses the laser beam. This isn’t a real issue when engaging ...

Chinese personnel at the country's first overseas military base in Djibouti have been using lasers to interfere with US military aircraft at a nearby American base, activity that has resulted in ...

Lasers have been used to target US aerial operations in the Pacific, with 20 incidents recorded since September of last year, according to a US military official. Lasers have been used to target US ...

The advent of hypersonic missiles has radically altered the modern battlefield. The fact that America’s rivals, notably China and Russia, have developed these systems well before the US military could ...

Back in the 1980s, Ronald Reagan supported the development of the so-called “Star Wars” missile defense system. In essence, the Gipper wanted to be able to shoot Soviet missiles out of the sky in ...