Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...
Top General in Mideast Calls for Microwave Weapons for 'Layered' Defense Against Drone Swarms The top general responsible for U.S. troops in the Middle East wants to see a surge of directed-energy weapons in the region...
High-Energy Laser Weapons: A Defense Expert Explains How They Work and What They Are Used For Visions of swarms of small, inexpensive drones filling the skies or skimming across the waves are motivating militaries to...
A Moment of Truth for the Army's Chief Laser Weapon Four prototypes reportedly arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of operations in early February, with the Army...
As Laser Pointer Incidents Spike, Airmen Are Getting Updated Eyewear That Provides Better Protection The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Human Systems Division is starting to field new, upgraded eyewear that can...
Incidents of Laser Points Aimed at Aircraft Have Spiked, and It Has the Air Force Concerned Personal laser pointers, small beam projectors used for everything from professors during college lecture presentations to...
Ride of the Valkyries: The Army Is Getting the US Military's Most Powerful Laser Weapons Yet The Army will receive a platoon of four Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser (IFPC-HEL) laser weapons...
The US Military Has Been Testing Pulsed Energy on Animals Trying to Recreate the Mysterious 'Havana Syndrome' Symptoms These experiments have been taking place at Michigan's Wayne State University.
Navy Still Pouring Millions into Shipboard Laser Weapon Development The Navy's fiscal 2023 budget request calls for over $103 million to support a half-dozen laser weapon concepts, according to...
Hegseth Has Ordered a Combat Standards Review. It's Unclear How It Might Apply to All the Services. It's a move that underscores Hegseth's broader push for higher standards in the military, but also one that reflects the long...
'In No Way Incompatible': Service Academy Alums Sign Letter Supporting Transgender Cadets, Midshipmen Alumni representing every academy and a broad spectrum of generations have signed onto an open letter aimed at providing...
Military Retirees Say They Were Denied Extended GI Bill Benefits Despite Supreme Court Ruling The officers had extensive service under the Montgomery and Post-9/11 GI Bills yet were not given an extra 12 months of...
Why You Should Buy a Tank You can buy surplus military vehicles, and yes, that includes tanks. Here's how to get the hottest set of wheels (sorry...
No Deal: White House Says DC's F-16 Transfer to Maryland Is Off the Table A deal last year to transfer an F-16 Fighting Falcon squadron from the District of Columbia Air National Guard to Maryland...
![Lockheed Martin's Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-10/pub-valkyrie-laser-engages-drone-1200.jpg?itok=BmuKifGp "An artist's rendering of Lockheed Martin's Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser, also called "Valkyrie," engaging a hostile drone. (Lockheed Martin)")
