The military wants 'tens to hundreds' of laser weapons. After years of prototypes, the real challenge is scaling production.

Lasers, microwaves and other directed-energy weapons systems will be deployed to defend against illegal drone flights around ...

The Pentagon’s push to field laser weapons has shifted from laboratory curiosity to operational reality, with recent tests showing systems that can track, target, and disable threats in real time.

High-energy laser weapons are a natural fit for large, power-rich aircraft carriers—with limits. When U.S. Navy leaders declared that “the dream of a laser on every ship can become a real one” earlier ...

The Army-Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise ...

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