Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wants the U.S. defense industrial base to build 'tens to hundreds' of directed energy ...
The Army-Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise ...
The military wants 'tens to hundreds' of laser weapons. After years of prototypes, the real challenge is scaling production.
CAMAS, Wash., May 07, 2026--nLIGHT, Inc. (Nasdaq: LASR), a leading provider of high‑power lasers for mission‑critical directed energy, optical sensing, and advanced manufacturing applications, today ...
Pentagon's laser weapons program sparks conspiracy theories linking researcher deaths to directed energy attacks amid $789M ...
The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...
The U.S. Navy recently rebooted the SSL-TM, a 150-kilowatt laser weapon aboard the USS Portland. This returned effort could ...
The Pentagon thinks modern lasers might finally be ready for missile defense duty.
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 operators control it. The logic of embracing the handset simple: If the ...
AeroVironment, Inc. ("AV") (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced the successful demonstration of its palletized LOCUST® Laser Weapon ...