A $3.8 million contract gives America’s largest shipbuilder its first known naval laser project, as the service races to turn ...

Military laser weapons are advancing as defense forces develop systems capable of targeting drones, missiles and aircraft ...

The Navy has now taken possession of a half-dozen new laser weapons for integration onto surface warships, officials said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Surface Navy Association’s annual conference in ...

The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air-launched missiles during tests at the High Energy ...

The Navy’s top officer issued a directive to get high-energy lasers into sailors’ hands as soon as possible to adapt to the modern combat environment.

In January, the US Navy destroyer USS Preble made history as the first warship to use a laser and shoot down a wave of multiple drones in a single salvo. The demonstration came two years after the new ...

The capabilities and limitations of the US Navy's "Locust"On October 5, 2025, a test was conducted on the deck of the US ...

The U.S. Navy has a unusual proposition for the U.S. defense industry: take your high-energy laser weapons and break them into pieces. In a draft request for solutions (RFS) published on August 12 ...

The Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) developed by Northrop Grumman for the MH-60S Seahawk helicopter has reached initial operational capability, according to Navy spokesman Alan Baribeau.

The US Navy is helping to eliminate the need for a human operator to counter drone swarm attacks. An effort led by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) used AI to make laser weapons better able to ...

The contract is the first of its kind to field test systems to NAVSEA, which will ultimately lead to the first program of record for laser energy weapons in the U.S. military. The U.S. Navy took an ...