A single Stinger missile costs roughly $400,000. A Patriot interceptor runs closer to $4 million. The small drones they are ...
The Pentagon has started placing laser and microwave weapons at five U.S. military bases, marking the first time ...
A new pilot program will install “high-energy lasers and high-powered microwave systems” at major bases around the U.S.
After months of bold promises about its directed energy weapon ambitions, the U.S. military is putting its money where its mouth is. This funding, if approved, would not just mark a major increase ...
The U.S. military has selected five bases for a new directed-energy counter-drone program focused on testing advanced defenses.
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here. For decades, the U.S. military’s dream ...
The U.S. military has a message for America’s directed energy industry: it’s time to build. In a written posture statement submitted to the House Armed Services Committee ahead of a hearing on the U.S ...
More Gulf states are turning to laser weapons to combat drones in the Iran war. Israel even loaned the UAE theirs. But do they actually work?
AV’s LOCUST® X3 high-energy laser system, shown mounted on a tactical vehicle, delivers mobile, scalable, and cost-effective counter-drone defense with precision speed-of-light engagement. (Photo ...