The USS Preble is the only U.S. destroyer armed with the HELIOS, which can fire laser beams to destroy fast attack craft and ...

This proposed warplane checks the boxes on a wish list of 21st Century attributes – utmost stealthiness, ultra-high speed, a ramjet engine, the ability to fire and shoot down hypersonic weapons ...

was started using laser beams from space. Greene, a freshman Republican from Georgia who made waves during the campaign for her promotion of the QAnon conspiracy theory, made the accusation in a ...

Israel’s experimental air-defense system known as the Iron Beam uses laser technology to strike down drones and rockets, but military analysts say the device needs U.S. support to improve its ...

Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) faculty researchers Brij Agrawal (right) and Leonardo Herrera observe U.S. Navy Ensign Nicholas Messina positionin ...

The ground-based laser would then fire for up to an hour, using adaptive optics to counter the effect of the Earth’s atmosphere on the beam. The parabolic reflector on the spacecraft would then ...

Israel's Iron Beam laser air defense system is set to become operational in the second half of 2025, and now the "National ...

The undated image shows the U.S. Navy testing a weapon system known as HELIOS from the USS Preble destroyer in the middle of the ocean.

The Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), the principal official and adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Defense on operational and live fire test and evaluation activities ...