As drones get more prolific on the battlefield, technology is being developed to counter it. Now, China is touting a new ...

Rheinmetall and MBDA have met a major milestone in moving their containerized laser weapon system to market. After a year of ...

Australian defense company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has recently unveiled the world’s most affordable high-energy laser ...

In spite of the DEW weapons’ promise, they are still years away from completion—while China is prepared to make war in the ...

According to Rheinmetall, the German Navy’s directed energy weapon can engage a wide range of targets, including guided ...

General Atomics is exploring laser armament options for drones across its portfolio, including its new Gambit family of ...

Rheinmetall and MBDA Germany have transferred a laser demonstrator for the German Navy to the Laser Competence Centre at the ...

The Army may initiate a competition soon to build up to 20 high-energy laser weapons capable of defeating Groups 1 to 3-sized drones, detailing an ...

Laser beams, robodogs and drone-zapping microwaves - these are the types of weapons that could be deployed on battlefields in the not too distant future. Some are already here. The threat of a wider ...

Australian defense company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has unveiled its Apollo High Energy Laser Weapon (HELW) that pumps out up to 150 kW of power yet can take out 200 medium-sized drones running on ...

EOS is planning further high-power laser demonstrations in the coming months to woo customers. Credit: EOS Laser weapons since at least the 1990s have come with the promise of arriving on the ...

Researchers at Umeå University and the Swedish Defense Research Agency, FOI, have developed new laser methods that can quickly detect chemical weapons and harmful bacteria directly on site—without the ...