Japan has quietly crossed a threshold in naval warfare, moving a 100 kilowatt class laser from the lab into real ocean ...
The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first ...
The dream of laser weapons has not materialized nearly as fast as the Pentagon once thought it would, but the Navy's top ...
In the vast expanse of the ocean, a streak of white light pierces the sky. It’s not lightning, but a weapon — a high-energy laser fired from the deck of a U.S. Navy destroyer. This is HELIOS, the High ...
Scientists in the Plasma Division at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are building on a multi-year research effort that demonstrated the potential of an advanced laser technology that could ...
The following is the Jan. 15 2026, Government Accountability Office report, Navy Shipbuilding: Improving Warfighter ...
The U.K. Army is preparing to deploy a laser‑based defense system against drones, a move that could reduce the high cost of ...
The Navy doesn’t have a clear plan for replacing the capabilities of an aging destroyer used to test the effectiveness of ...
Following further successful trials of the UK’s DragonFire laser weapon in November last year, which took place at the ...