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...
Caregivers Sue VA over Denial of Benefits Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Homeowners Say the Army Corps and its Contractors Mishandled LA Fire Debris Cleanup More than 800 complaints were submitted to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hotline dedicated to the agency's debris removal...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...
![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)")
