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Laser Weapons Key In Next Generation Air Dominance Program From The Start

Laser Weapons Key In Next Generation Air Dominance Program From The Start

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 28, 2022
Son Of Ares Laser Shark Mojave Model 401

Intriguing ‘Shark With Frickin’ Laser Beam’ Art Appears On Exotic Test Jet

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 18, 2022
AC-130 Gunships Used ‘Big Ass Green Lasers’ During Kabul Evacuation

AC-130 Gunships Used ‘Big Ass Green Lasers’ During Kabul Evacuation

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Sep 2, 2022
Here’s Our First Look At A HELIOS Laser-Armed Navy Destroyer

Here’s Our First Look At A HELIOS Laser-Armed Navy Destroyer

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 24, 2022
Su-25 Ukraine

Ukrainian Su-24 Back In The Fight And Armed With A Laser-Guided Missile

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 10, 2022
Production-Standard Laser Air Defense Weapons To Equip Army This Year

Production-Standard Laser Air Defense Weapons To Equip Army This Year

By Justin Bronk
Updated on Jul 13, 2022
F-16_SHIELD_LASER_POD

First Laser Weapon For A Fighter Delivered To The Air Force

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 11, 2022
KC-46-refuels-B-2

Tankers Charging Drones With Lasers The Focus Of New DARPA Program

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 19, 2022
Army Tests Uncrewed M113 Armed With Laser-Guided Rocket Launcher

Army Tests Uncrewed M113 Armed With Laser-Guided Rocket Launcher

By Dan Parsons
Posted on May 20, 2022
Russia Fires World’s Biggest Laser-Guided Mortar Round In Ukraine

Russia Fires World’s Biggest Laser-Guided Mortar Round In Ukraine

By Emma Helfrich, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 14, 2022
Israel’s ‘Iron Beam’ Laser Successfully Downs Rockets, Drones, Mortars

Israel’s ‘Iron Beam’ Laser Successfully Downs Rockets, Drones, Mortars

By Howard Altman
Posted on Apr 15, 2022
Beijing Scorns Australia’s Claim That P-8 Patrol Plane Was Targeted By Chinese Warship’s Laser (Updated)

Beijing Scorns Australia’s Claim That P-8 Patrol Plane Was Targeted By Chinese Warship’s Laser (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Feb 22, 2022
Podded Laser Weapon Took Center Stage In Latest Air Force Virtual Wargame

Podded Laser Weapon Took Center Stage In Latest Air Force Virtual Wargame

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Feb 11, 2022
U.S. Intelligence Community Still Cannot Attribute Havana Syndrome To A ‘Foreign Actor’

U.S. Intelligence Community Still Cannot Attribute Havana Syndrome To A ‘Foreign Actor’

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Feb 3, 2022
The Air Force Wants Laser Communication Pods To Securely Link Fighter Aircraft With Satellites

The Air Force Wants Laser Communication Pods To Securely Link Fighter Aircraft With Satellites

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Jan 27, 2022
FedEx Wants To Equip Airbus A321s With Anti-Missile Laser Countermeasures

FedEx Wants To Equip Airbus A321s With Anti-Missile Laser Countermeasures

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Jan 14, 2022
The Navy Is Betting Big On High-Power Microwave Weapons

The Navy Is Betting Big On High-Power Microwave Weapons

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jan 7, 2022
Air Force’s Small Telescope Tech Will Help Detect Enemy Satellites Sneaking Up On Friendly Ones

Air Force’s Small Telescope Tech Will Help Detect Enemy Satellites Sneaking Up On Friendly Ones

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Jan 6, 2022
What It’s Like To Live And Work Inside White Sands Missile Range

What It’s Like To Live And Work Inside White Sands Missile Range

By Randy Smith
Updated on Dec 22, 2021
USS Portland Uses Its Experimental Laser To Fry A Floating Target In The Middle East

USS Portland Uses Its Experimental Laser To Fry A Floating Target In The Middle East

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 15, 2021
Competition To Build An Army Stryker That Zaps Drone Swarms Heats Up

Competition To Build An Army Stryker That Zaps Drone Swarms Heats Up

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 25, 2021
Were You Scanned By A Laser Beam From The Sky In California Recently? Here’s What Did It (Updated)

Were You Scanned By A Laser Beam From The Sky In California Recently? Here’s What Did It (Updated)

By Adam Kehoe
Updated on Oct 15, 2021
The AC-130J Gunship’s First Solid State Laser Weapon Has Arrived For Testing

The AC-130J Gunship’s First Solid State Laser Weapon Has Arrived For Testing

By Thomas Newdick and Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Oct 8, 2021
DARPA Wants Cheap Laser Communications Terminals To Allow Any Satellite To Talk To Another

DARPA Wants Cheap Laser Communications Terminals To Allow Any Satellite To Talk To Another

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Sep 14, 2021
Small Unmanned Helicopters Used Lasers To Map Littorals In Recent U.S. Navy Tests

Small Unmanned Helicopters Used Lasers To Map Littorals In Recent U.S. Navy Tests

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Aug 9, 2021
Lasers Destined For Fighter Jets Are Now Being Tested In The Air Force’s Wind Tunnels

Lasers Destined For Fighter Jets Are Now Being Tested In The Air Force’s Wind Tunnels

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Aug 3, 2021
Air Force Directed Energy Report Argues Defensive Force Fields May Be “Just On The Horizon”

Air Force Directed Energy Report Argues Defensive Force Fields May Be “Just On The Horizon”

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jul 21, 2021
Gigantic Hangar Near Secretive Chinese Test Facilities Points To Exotic Airship Development

Gigantic Hangar Near Secretive Chinese Test Facilities Points To Exotic Airship Development

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 14, 2021
Here’s Our Best Look Yet At The Navy’s New Laser Dazzler System

Here’s Our Best Look Yet At The Navy’s New Laser Dazzler System

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Jul 13, 2021
DoE’s Extreme-Security Nevada Test Site Touts The “Ultimate Playground” For Drone Tests

DoE’s Extreme-Security Nevada Test Site Touts The “Ultimate Playground” For Drone Tests

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jun 30, 2021
Israel Has Shot Down Drones With An Airborne High-Power Laser

Israel Has Shot Down Drones With An Airborne High-Power Laser

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jun 21, 2021
Drone Used High Power Microwaves To Knock Down Other Drones In DARPA Demo

Drone Used High Power Microwaves To Knock Down Other Drones In DARPA Demo

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jun 10, 2021
Mysterious Black Towed Target Was Built To Support Airborne Laser Tests

Mysterious Black Towed Target Was Built To Support Airborne Laser Tests

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on May 28, 2021
Here’s What The Army’s Long-Awaited Super Air Defense Network Can Actually Do

Here’s What The Army’s Long-Awaited Super Air Defense Network Can Actually Do

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 28, 2021
Laser Defense Pod For The Air Force’s Fighter Jets Is Finally Taking Shape

Laser Defense Pod For The Air Force’s Fighter Jets Is Finally Taking Shape

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Feb 23, 2021
New Strategy Says U.S. Naval Forces Will Respond More Assertively To Chinese, Russian Aggression

New Strategy Says U.S. Naval Forces Will Respond More Assertively To Chinese, Russian Aggression

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 17, 2020
How The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A Reality

How The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A Reality

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 10, 2020
Laser Weapons On The Battlefield Of Tomorrow: Separating Fact From Fiction

Laser Weapons On The Battlefield Of Tomorrow: Separating Fact From Fiction

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 4, 2020
Blasting The Air In Front Of Hypersonic Vehicles With Lasers Could Unlock Unprecedented Speeds

Blasting The Air In Front Of Hypersonic Vehicles With Lasers Could Unlock Unprecedented Speeds

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The Laser System Protecting The Capital Against Aerial Intruders Is Getting An Upgrade

The Laser System Protecting The Capital Against Aerial Intruders Is Getting An Upgrade

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Nov 12, 2020
Scaled Composites’ Stealthy Test Jet Now Flying With Possible Laser Weapon Modifications

Scaled Composites’ Stealthy Test Jet Now Flying With Possible Laser Weapon Modifications

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Oct 28, 2020
Work Begins On Starlink-Like Constellation Of Small Hypersonic Missile-Tracking Satellites

Work Begins On Starlink-Like Constellation Of Small Hypersonic Missile-Tracking Satellites

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 6, 2020
We Talk To The Scientist Whose Revolutionary Power Beaming Experiment Is Flying On The X-37B

We Talk To The Scientist Whose Revolutionary Power Beaming Experiment Is Flying On The X-37B

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jul 30, 2020
Check Out This Sailor Holding A Laser Rifle Aboard The Nuclear Submarine USS Minnesota

Check Out This Sailor Holding A Laser Rifle Aboard The Nuclear Submarine USS Minnesota

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 26, 2020
Navy To Add Laser Weapons To At Least Seven More Ships In The Next Three Years

Navy To Add Laser Weapons To At Least Seven More Ships In The Next Three Years

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 8, 2020
Is The United States Firing Off “Electricity Bombs” in Syria?

Is The United States Firing Off “Electricity Bombs” in Syria?

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 5, 2020
America’s Electronic Attackers May Have a Secret Mission

America’s Electronic Attackers May Have a Secret Mission

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 5, 2020
Air Force Hits Major Snags With Fighter And Missile Defense Airborne Laser Initiatives

Air Force Hits Major Snags With Fighter And Missile Defense Airborne Laser Initiatives

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 1, 2020
Watch A JAS-39 Gripen Fighter Fire A New Ground Attack Version Of The Sidewinder Missile

Watch A JAS-39 Gripen Fighter Fire A New Ground Attack Version Of The Sidewinder Missile

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 2, 2020
The Amphibious Warship USS Portland Has Shot Down A Drone With Its New High-Power Laser

The Amphibious Warship USS Portland Has Shot Down A Drone With Its New High-Power Laser

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 22, 2020
Pentagon’s Top R&D Chief Throws Cold Water On Laser Missile Defense Aspirations

Pentagon’s Top R&D Chief Throws Cold Water On Laser Missile Defense Aspirations

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 20, 2020
X-37B’s Power Beaming Payload A Reminder Of Potential Orbital Microwave Anti-Satellite Weapons

X-37B’s Power Beaming Payload A Reminder Of Potential Orbital Microwave Anti-Satellite Weapons

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 19, 2020
X-37B Space Plane’s Microwave Power Beam Experiment Is A Way Bigger Deal Than It Seems

X-37B Space Plane’s Microwave Power Beam Experiment Is A Way Bigger Deal Than It Seems

By Brett Tingley
Updated on May 14, 2020
Navy Littoral Combat Ship Will Soon Be Armed With A Laser Weapon System

Navy Littoral Combat Ship Will Soon Be Armed With A Laser Weapon System

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jan 15, 2020
Night Stalker Chinook Special Operations Helicopters Have New Laser Countermeasures System

Night Stalker Chinook Special Operations Helicopters Have New Laser Countermeasures System

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jan 4, 2020
Air Force Tests Laser Guided Rockets In The Air-To-Air Role To Shoot Down Cruise Missiles

Air Force Tests Laser Guided Rockets In The Air-To-Air Role To Shoot Down Cruise Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 23, 2019
Navy Amphibious Warfare Ship USS Portland Spotted Heading To Sea With New Laser Turret (Updated)

Navy Amphibious Warfare Ship USS Portland Spotted Heading To Sea With New Laser Turret (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 4, 2019
Chilean Protestors Down Drone By Dazzling It With Dozens Of Laser Pointers (Updated)

Chilean Protestors Down Drone By Dazzling It With Dozens Of Laser Pointers (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 15, 2019
Mysterious Laser Turret Appears On US Navy Destroyer USS Dewey

Mysterious Laser Turret Appears On US Navy Destroyer USS Dewey

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 10, 2019
Army Medevac Black Hawks In Syria Are Flying With Unique Laser Countermeasures Installation

Army Medevac Black Hawks In Syria Are Flying With Unique Laser Countermeasures Installation

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Nov 2, 2019
Mysterious Object Northrop Is Barging From Redondo Beach Is A High-Power Naval Laser

Mysterious Object Northrop Is Barging From Redondo Beach Is A High-Power Naval Laser

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Oct 19, 2019
The U.S. Military Is Buying These Small Interceptor Drones To Knock Down Other Drones

The U.S. Military Is Buying These Small Interceptor Drones To Knock Down Other Drones

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Oct 4, 2019
Air Force Set To Deploy Its Counter-Drone “Phaser” Microwave Weapon Overseas

Air Force Set To Deploy Its Counter-Drone “Phaser” Microwave Weapon Overseas

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Sep 24, 2019
The French Have Plans For A Constellation Of Laser-Armed Miniature Satellites

The French Have Plans For A Constellation Of Laser-Armed Miniature Satellites

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 26, 2019