Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wants the U.S. defense industrial base to build ‘tens to hundreds’ of directed energy weapons.
The Army-Navy effort aims to produce a containerized 150-kilowatt high-energy laser weapon to counter incoming cruise ...
The military wants 'tens to hundreds' of laser weapons. After years of prototypes, the real challenge is scaling production.
CAMAS, Wash., May 07, 2026--nLIGHT, Inc. (Nasdaq: LASR), a leading provider of high‑power lasers for mission‑critical directed energy, optical sensing, and advanced manufacturing applications, today ...
Pentagon's laser weapons program sparks conspiracy theories linking researcher deaths to directed energy attacks amid $789M ...
The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...
The U.S. Navy recently rebooted the SSL-TM, a 150-kilowatt laser weapon aboard the USS Portland. This returned effort could ...
When U.S. Navy leaders declared that “the dream of a laser on every ship can become a real one” earlier this year, they apparently had one particular ship in mind. The laser weapon “tracked, engaged, ...
CAMAS, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- nLIGHT, Inc. (LASR), a leading provider of high-power lasers for mission-critical directed energy, optical sensing, and advanced manufacturing applications, today ...
AeroVironment, Inc. ("AV") (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced the successful demonstration of its palletized LOCUST® Laser Weapon ...