The rules of naval warfare are being rewritten. For centuries, the power of a warship was measured by the weight of its ...

The age of the kinetic-only navy is ending. Quietly, over the past decade, the U.S. Navy has been integrating weapons that ...

Admiral Daryl Caudle explains how directed-energy weapons could stretch missile magazines, cut defensive costs, and ...

The U.S. Navy has a unusual proposition for the U.S. defense industry: take your high-energy laser weapons and break them into pieces. In a draft request for solutions (RFS) published on August 12 ...

A $3.8 million contract gives America’s largest shipbuilder its first known naval laser project, as the service races to turn directed-energy weapons into deployable systems. This article is ...

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BATH, Maine – Some of the Navy’s futuristic weapons sound like something out of “Star Wars,” with lasers designed to shoot down aerial drones and electric guns that fire projectiles at hypersonic ...

Iranian citizens have witnessed some dazzling laser shows recently — but they’re not the kind you’d see at a Metallica ...

The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air-launched missiles during tests at the High Energy ...

U.S. military laser weapons are reportedly operated with Xbox-style controllers, cutting training time and offering a lower ...

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