Bill Sweetman spent a career prying open America's most classified aircraft programs. Now he's pointing at the F-35's next ...

Giordano said there is evidence that DEWs, which can be mounted in backpacks or vehicles, have been used domestically.

DEWs will provide a cheaper alternative for the U.S. military to knock out some threats, but could they be misused?

Military planners spent years treating high-energy lasers as a science project. In 2025, that changed, as directed-energy systems moved from test ranges into real air defense networks and forced ...

After months of bold promises about its directed energy weapon ambitions, the U.S. military is putting its money where its mouth is. This funding, if approved, would not just mark a major increase ...

Lasers, microwaves and other directed-energy weapons systems will be deployed to defend against illegal drone flights around five military bases under a Pentagon pilot program announced Thursday. The ...

Inc. is republishing this story with permission. The original article first appeared in the Laser Wars newsletter, which focuses on military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. The ...

As the United States moves toward possible military conflict with Iran, the White House and the Pentagon have been boasting about an exotic arsenal of directed-energy weapons that could signal a new ...

China’s Harbin Xinguang Optic-Electronics Technology debuted two man-portable laser weapons at the Defence Information ...

Future air defenses will run on electricity as much as missiles—and China dominates many of the materials that make that possible. DEWs do not eliminate dependence on industrial supply chains. Rather, ...

As conflict escalates following the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory strikes, reports have emerged that Israel may have used laser weapons to shoot down rockets fired ...