The Navy Has Installed the First Drone-Stopping Laser on a Destroyer The system was installed aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Dewey in November, but not announced until this week.
50-Kilowatt Laser Will Be a 'Game-Changer,' Company Says The U.S. military will incorporate the newest generation of solid-state fiber optic lasers as early as 2021.
Air Force Getting Ready to Deploy a Drone-Killing Laser and Phaser The Air Force is preparing to send vehicle-borne laser drone-killers overseas in just a few months.
Lasers That Take Out Drones and Small Boats Could Be Mounted On More Navy Ships Navy warship is getting a laser five times stronger than the one the service has tested in the past.
Pentagon Halts Work on Directed-Energy Beam to Stop Enemy Missiles The Pentagon is shelving a directed-energy program it was hoping to use in space to destroy enemy ICBMs.
Army Eyeing Navy's High-Powered Laser to Fight Enemy Drone Swarms Army officials are getting help from the Navy to make the service's High Energy Laser program more than twice as powerful.
The Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun May Soon See Testing on a Warship The Navy finally plans on testing its much-hyped electromagnetic railgun on a surface warship in a major milestone.
Army Works to Slim Down Powerful New Laser Defense System The powerful new High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator is currently too big to deploy.
Trump's Missile Defense Review Calls for Space Sensors, Drone Lasers President Donald Trump called for the best cutting-edge missile defense weapons and systems at the Pentagon on Thursday.
Laser Weapons Are Future for Missile Defense, Space, Expert Says The Pentagon has just a few years to decide whether it wants to invest heavily in the new technology.
Fort Liberty Soldier Sentenced to Over 3 Years for Romance Scams, Bilked Over $350,000 from Victims Specialist Sanda G. Frimpong, who was serving on active duty until his arrest in 2023, was ordered to pay back over $350,000...
‘Indefinite’ Defense Department IDs Inconvenience Air Travelers, May Be Dropped As Acceptable Identification The Transportation Security Administration's Credential Authentication Technology reads the cards' INDEF date field as...
Arlington Horse-Drawn Funerals to Remain Suspended as Families Grapple with Burial Arrangements The Army says it will continue the suspension of horse-drawn funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery after roughly a...
Several Dozen Ships Lost Propulsion in Maryland Waters Before Key Bridge Collapse: 'You're Basically Just Drifting' What went wrong aboard the Dali, the 984-foot ship that weighed 112,000 tons when it struck the bridge, and whether it could...
Military Advocacy Group Seeks to Prevent Changes to Tricare for Life After Fees Suggestion The Military Officers Association of America, or MOAA, wants to prevent any discussion of enrollment fees for Tricare for...