The first operational high-power laser interception system, dubbed “Iron Beam,” has been delivered to the Israel Defense Forces from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the Israeli Defense Ministry ...

Editor's note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here. The cruise missile-killing high-energy ...

A Maryland-based company is set to advance the United States' next generation cruise missile and unmanned aerial system defense architecture. Lockheed Martin will now develop a tactical containerized ...

Editor's note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here. The U.S. military is once again pursuing ...

AeroVironment (AVAV) on Tuesday introduced a high-energy laser weapon system designed to counter drones and other unmanned threats, as its shares fell 2.3% by midday trading in New York while the S&P ...

Strategic integration of Lyocon blue-laser technologies, directed-energy systems and Tekne defense-mobility capabilities positions NUBURU to address next-generation counter-UAV, electronic-warfare and ...

The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first high-energy tactical laser weapon to be fully integrated and cleared for operations ...

CAMAS, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--nLIGHT, Inc. (NASDAQ: LASR), a leading provider of high-energy lasers for mission‑critical directed energy applications, today announced it has been selected for a Joint ...

nLight, the high-energy laser producer based in Camas, Washington, has won a contract from the US military to develop a laser weapon that it is hoped could be used for cruise missile defense. The ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NUBURU, Inc. (NYSE American: BURU), a dual-use Defense & Security platform company focused on non-kinetic effects, directed-energy technologies, electronic warfare and ...

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 ...