Elon Musk-led SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" ...

Alongside improving communications, DARPA is also designing high-energy laser systems for defense applications. Two key projects aim to integrate directed-energy weapons into U.S. military ...

A race is on in the Middle East to develop sophisticated laser weapons. Gulf states are seeking to emulate Israel's Iron Beam air defenses. Cheap drones are exposing gaps in current air defense ...

India’s defense development agency demonstrated an indigenous, land-based, high-energy laser in a live shoot-down event of a fixed-wing drone on April 13. The Defense Research and Development ...

Laser weapons have huge advantages for the US military since they are silent, invisible, and much cheaper than traditional missiles. More from Military & Defense In this video of an August test ...

"The laser system is the weapon of the future, capable of neutralizing an entire layer of threats," Israel's defense minister, Israel Katz, said this month during a tour of facilities belonging to ...