Somewhere in the Atlantic, the flight deck of the USS George H.W. Bush became a proving ground for a weapon that fires at the ...

The U.S. Navy is accelerating its push into directed energy weapons as drone threats ...

The U.S. Navy has conducted its first known test of a directed-energy laser weapon from an aircraft carrier, destroying drone ...

Lasers remain very limited in their range and how fast they can down targets, but they still can be an important layer in a ...

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush shot down multiple drones with a high-energy laser weapon stationed on its flight deck during a first-of-its-kind live-fire te ...

American defense contractor AeroVironment said it tested the Locust anti-drone laser system on board the USS George H.W. Bush ...

Drones have played an increasing role in combat, with Iran deploying inexpensive drones to strike U.S. targets.

The US Navy borrowed a US Army Palletized-High Energy Laser (P-HEL) to test shooting down unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at ...

Despite years of promises, the latest budget shows directed energy systems are still largely confined to development and ...

The Amphibious transport dock USS Portland with a mounted Laser Weapons System Demonstrator Mk 2 Mod 0, center, in 2021. (Lance Cpl. Patrick Katz/U.S. Marine Corps) Editor’s note: This story ...