Four drones had been shot down, and a long-standing promise of the Navy was made the more difficult to ignore. At-sea in 2025, the destroyer USS Preble was demonstrating its High-Energy Laser with ...

The Navy sees HELIOS and other directed energy weapons as critical capabilities, but has faced persistent challenges in ...

Lockheed Martin’s “HELIOS” anti-drone laser passed a recent test with flying colors, according to CEO Jim Taiclet.

Ukraine’s war with Russia has become a contest of volume and precision, with cheap drones and missiles testing the limits of ...

The Denied Area Sprinter-Hellfire system offers Marines a new highly mobile way to defend against drones and potentially ...

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC. U.S. Army Releases Performance Details As Laser Weapons Enter Service is available to both ...

Israel says its new laser defense system is being expanded this year for use on wheeled vehicles and helicopters, with an airborne version capable of shooting down ballistic missiles expected within a ...

Israeli defence technology firm Rafael says its Iron Beam directed energy weapon has achieved operational status following ...

Israeli defense company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems could begin its privatization as early as late 2026, the Iron Dome missile defense maker's chairman told Reuters on Tuesday.

Modern warships are increasingly exposed to short-range aerial threats that traditional defenses struggle to counter ...

Italy is strengthening its new missile defense system by adding a close-range drone defense ...

The Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces (RSADF) operates a multi-layered integrated air defense system (IADS) that fuses together command-and-control nodes, early-warning radars and effector platforms like ...