The system downed 30 drone targets, conducted high power firing in the rain, with improvements on targeting and tracking.

An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships.. The photo ...

The US army has tested laser weapons that use directed energy to blast drones out of the sky. The weapons were used in a ...

New Advanced Laser Weapon Passes Major Test. Published Jan 19, 2024 at 6:36 PM EST. By . Kaitlin Lewis is a Newsweek reporter on the Night Team based in Boston, Massachusetts.

The U.S. Navy on Wednesday released dramatic photos from a demonstration of a high-energy laser weapon system that “successfully engaged” a floating target during a test in the Gulf of Aden.

The test Tuesday saw the USS Portland test-fire its Laser Weapon System Demonstrator at the target in the Gulf of Aden, the body of water separating East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula.

The laser would be used to intercept bomb-laden drone boats from the Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert/U.S. Marine Corps via AP The US Navy successfully tested a laser weapon ...

The U.S. Navy has performed a jaw-dropping LASER weapon test. Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland conducted the high-energy laser weapon system demonstration while sailing in the Gulf of ...

Flying laser weapons are coming. The U.S. Air Force is on track to test its first airborne laser weapons by 2021. Lasers attached to fighter jets, drones, or even cargo planes will attack targets ...

The Air Force's Airborne High Energy Laser, or AHEL, will not be used on the AC-130J gunship after the weapon missed a flight test window that would have allowed its use.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that it successfully test fired Britain's first high-powered, long-range laser directed energy weapon (LDEW), called DragonFire, on October 17 at the ...

The US army is planning to test its most powerful ever laser weapon next year, which would have enough strength to shoot down hostile missiles or aircraft.. The 300-kilowatt weapon built jointly ...