Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise missiles.

The United States is moving forward with a new high-energy laser weapon designed to intercept cruise missiles, marking a step ...

The LOCUST Laser Weapon System was tested aboard the USS George H.W. Bush and neutralized multiple target drones.

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

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

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush shot down multiple drones with a high-energy laser weapon stationed on ...

The U.S. military is laying the foundation for deploying high-energy laser weapons for domestic air defense.

The Pentagon is advancing the Joint Laser Weapon System (JLWS), a $675.93 million Army-Navy program designed to counter cruise missiles as part of the Golden Dome missile shield. The containerized ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most distinctive features of the U.S. military’s high-energy laser weapon of choice isn’t the system itself—it’s how ...

Iranian weapons debris, blown to pieces or mechanically crippled, keeps dropping from the Middle East sky. For that, we can thank heat-seeking satellites, military-grade malware, and radar-jamming ...

The LOCUST Laser Weapon System, a 20-kilowatt counter-drone weapon, conducts tests at the Military Institute of Armament Technology in Zielonka, Poland in February 2026. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via ...

The Pentagon is advancing its modernization agenda with a $675.93 million Joint Laser Weapon System (JLWS) program and a $232 million Sentinel missile upgrade at Minot Air Force Base. The JLWS, ...