The U.S. Air Force has scrapped plans to flight test an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship armed with a laser directed energy weapon ...

Ukraine is testing laser weapons to target Russian drones and other aircraft, a Ukrainian military official said this week. Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi, the commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems ...

USS Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the HELIOS 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. A stunning image from earlier this month depicting the U.S. Navy’s High-Energy ...

“the U.S. Navy has not released any videos of High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system demonstration on USS Preble (DDG 88).” The weapon is still ...

The US Navy has unveiled its impressive new laser weapon, the HELIOS system. An internal military report released in January features the HELIOS system in action aboard a warship, highlighting ...

The tests are aimed at the "development and evaluation of directed energy weapons," according to the report. Lockheed Martin delivered the 60-kilowatt laser to the Navy in August 2022, making it ...

This image, released by the U.S. Office of the Director, Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), shows the U.S. Navy successfully testing a high-energy laser weapon mounted on one of its warships, according to a ...

Some foreign media hyped that a Chinese warship that recently sailed into the Pacific Ocean was suspected of being armed with a laser weapon. A Chinese expert said on Thursday that laser is a type ...

Ukraine is testing laser weapons for use against Russian targets, a Ukrainian commander said. Vadym Sukharevskyi told RFE/RL that laser weapons are now hitting targets at "certain altitude." Lasers ...