The U.S. Army’s latest laser weapon is no longer a bulky science project strapped to a shipping pallet. It has been squeezed ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army is working through a variety of challenges with directed-energy weapons for air defense, including how to affordably manufacture the high-tech capability and sustain ...

The U.S. Army is now testing a more lethal 20kW vehicle mounted LOCUST laser weapon system from AeroVironment (AV) Inc.

The US Army is now mounting defense contractor AeroVironment's second-generation Locust Laser Weapon System on some of its ...

Welcome to What’s Next In War, a special issue where Task & Purpose breaks down what’s on the horizon for the U.S. military. The future of Army short range air defense operations might just involve ...

Laser weapons will protect Strykers on-the-move and Forward Operating Bases as part of an effort to save Soldiers from incoming enemy attacks such as missiles, mortars and artillery. This is the first ...

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The U.S. Army's new laser weapon test range outside of its Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S.

Ever since lasers were invented in 1960, defense contractors and servicemembers have dreamed of shooting things out of the ...

In another step toward practical battlefield energy weapons, the UK has for the first time tested a laser weapon mounted on a British Army Wolfhound armored vehicle as part of the Land Laser Directed ...