Japan has quietly crossed a threshold in naval warfare, moving a 100 kilowatt class laser from the lab into real ocean ...

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

The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first ...

It sounds like a contradiction. A weapon powerful enough to slice through metal and take down drones while they are still ...

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December 6, 2025: The Aegis Combat Control system has been around since the 1970s, the first ships had it installed for testing. By the 1990s Aegis was the standard radar, fire control system on new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A logo hangs on Rheinmetall's new artillery plant. Julian Stratenschulte/dpa German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall and European ...

The Department of Defense (DOD) identified test and evaluation modernization as a crucial part of its effort to get capabilities to warfighters faster. DOD organizations, including the Office of the ...

The chemical oxygen iodine laser weapon market offers significant growth opportunities due to advancements in laser ...

Britain's DragonFire laser weapon upped the ante on November 20 at the Ministry of Defence's Hebrides Range in Scotland when the high-powered, solid-state laser for the Royal Navy shot down drones ...

Following further successful trials of the UK’s DragonFire laser weapon in November last year, which took place at the ...

Following the completion of maritime trials, the demonstrator was transferred to the Laser Competence Centre of the WTD 91 in Meppen. There, the system has resumed operation and is being used for ...