PHILADELPHIA--As demand for mission-ready directed energy capabilities continues to accelerate, AeroVironment executed a long ...

Science fiction has spent decades promising us laser-armed aircraft slicing through the sky, vaporizing threats with pinpoint ...

The technology needed to deploy directed energy weapons for counter-drone applications is ready, with utilization on the horizon for the Army and potentially other services, a Pentagon official said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A directed-energy device seen in 2002. As warfare becomes continually dictated by emerging technologies, the United States ...

US & Canada, April 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a new comprehensive report from The Insight Partners, the Global Directed Energy Weapons Market is observing significant growth owing to ...

The Pentagon has moved directed-energy counter-drone systems into yearlong operational trials at U.S. military bases to ...

Military planners spent years treating high-energy lasers as a science project. In 2025, that changed, as directed-energy systems moved from test ranges into real air defense networks and forced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON — Five Pelican dropships and two Phantom troop carriers glide into view near snowcapped hills on a world with biomes ...

The logo of defense company Epirus, which specializes in directed energy, is seen on the exhibit floor at the 2023 Air, Space and Cyber conference in National Harbor, Maryland. (Colin ...

Developing innovative technology is key to defending against adversaries, and directed energy and space are two areas the United States must continue investing in to defeat future threats, the leader ...

Concept art from defense company Lockheed Martin depicts a potential application of directed-energy weapons against unmanned systems. (Photo provided/Lockheed Martin) WASHINGTON — The U.S. commander ...

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Directed-energy weapons can involve any weapon that uses the electromagnetic spectrum, yet most are a far cry from the weapons imagined in science fiction. Forbes ...