AeroVironment’s LOCUST Laser Weapon System tracked, engaged, and neutralized multiple target drones during a demonstration aboard USS George H.W. Bush, marking the first time a U.S. aircraft carrier ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)’s planned Aug. 17 flight test of the Airborne Laser system was postponed when one of its cooling systems failed in preparation for the test, ...

It was 5-0 at the US Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico as a Lockheed Martin prototype laser weapon system shot down five unmanned drones with a 100 percent success rate. The August test ...

The U.S. Navy is accelerating its push into directed energy weapons as drone threats grow more complex and persistent. In its latest move, the service has tested a high-energy laser system at sea, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The schedule for long-planned flight testing of an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship with a laser directed energy weapon has slipped ...

AeroVironment (AVAV) on Wednesday said it conducted a counter-unmanned aircraft system laser test in early March at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, working with the U.S. Department of War and ...

Scientists at the European Space Agency used a laser to communicate with a spacecraft 165 million miles (265 million kilometers) away in deep space for the first time, marking a major step forward in ...