We spoke to experts about the worst threats to America’s aircraft carriers—and how the Navy could defend its floating ...

Saltzman said the Space Force categorizes adversarial space weapons in six categories—three that are space-based and three ...

For the first time, a laser weapon system (LaWS) was successfully operated aboard a US Navy ship. A demonstration of LaWS took place in November aboard the USS Ponce while it was deployed to the ...

The US Navy is helping to eliminate the need for a human operator to counter drone swarm attacks. An effort led by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) used AI to make laser weapons better able to ...

HPM payload capability will solve this problem by supplementing and conserving the ships [sic] kinetic defensive weapons." The sections on the Meteor program that appeared in the US Navy's 2024 ...

The US Navy warships ... The SM-3, a weapon manufactured by RTX, is an element of the Navy's highly advanced Aegis Combat ...

The US Navy demonstrated its new HELIOS laser weapon that intercepts enemy drones, missiles, and sensors. The Pentagon’s annual Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) report shows the ...

The US Navy has unveiled its impressive new laser weapon, the HELIOS system. An internal military report released in January features the HELIOS system in action aboard a warship, highlighting ...

A handout file picture from the US Navy showing ... development The navy's Center for Countermeasures conducted 32 tests in fiscal 2024 to evaluate directed energy weapons, including HELIOS.

The document said these engagements trained the rest of the Navy on how to use non-kinetic weapon systems successfully — which other US warships went on to do. The Mason and Gravely spent months ...