The Navy is looking at ways to improve its now operational airborne laser system designed to track enemy mines from low-flying helicopters and expand the surface area from which mine detection takes ...

Lockheed Martin's Advanced Test High Energy Asset (ATHENA) laser weapon engaged and destroyed multiple drone threats in a recent field test at a US government test range at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The ...

In 2014, the US Navy installed its first prototype SSL (solid state laser) capable of countering surface craft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on a Navy ship. The Navy since then has been ...

BEIJING: China has developed a new laser gun capable of hitting the targets within 200 meters in one second for counter-terrorism operations, a media report said today. The gun, which contains a ...

McKINNEY, Texas, Oct. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) delivered the first high-energy laser counter-unmanned aerial system to the U.S. Air Force earlier this month. The system ...

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IPG Photonics (IPGP), the global leader in fiber laser technology, proudly announces the first public display of the CROSSBOW™ MINI 3 kW ...

Laser-sensor combination mounted on “dune buggy” all terrain vehicle undergoing overseas field testing. On maneuvers: Raytheon's anti-drone mobile high energy laser system. Defense technology company ...

AeroVironment (AV) announced Sept. 3 that it has delivered two prototype counter-drone laser weapon systems to the U.S. Army. The prototypes are part of the first increment of the Army Multi-Purpose ...

China has showcased a laser weapon that can intercept low-altitude, slow-speed and small aerial targets including drones, with experts saying it could help police and the military in counter terrorism ...

The Navy has been working for over a decade on various efforts to equip warships with laser weapons that can confuse or destroy enemy systems. And while the service still doesn't have a ship laser ...