It seems like something out of science fiction, but it's fact: America's new military laser is showing it can shoot down drones. And it's still being developed.

The U.S. Navy is transforming a costly flub into a potent weapon with the first shipborne ... first of its three stealthy destroyers. The USS Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard where workers ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) reported fourth quarter 2024 revenues of $3.0 billion compared to $3.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023. The decrease was ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) reported fourth quarter 2024 revenues of $3.0 billion compared to $3.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023. The decrease was ...

The document contains revelations regarding what the Navy will need to do to continue using the DBR, which was only installed aboard Ford and a truncated version of it exists in the three ships of ...

In a recently disclosed report, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Preble fired the directed-energy weapon at an aerial drone during a weapons testing exercise in fiscal year 2024—showing that ...

Three police officers were injured in a Russian drone attack while they were evacuating people injured in the previous attack on Antonivka, a suburb of Kherson, on the morning of 5 February. Source: ...

A handout file picture from the US Navy showing the USS Harry S Truman with F/A-18 and ... tests in fiscal 2024 to evaluate directed energy weapons, including HELIOS. The tests are aimed at ...

This laser weapon is called the HELIOS laser system ... According to the report, “CCM supported the Navy’s performance aboard USS Preble (DDG 88) to validate and validate the functionality ...

The dual-band radar (DBR) aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the ship’s primary sensor system, struggled to perform during a pre-deployment exercise and suffered failures as ...

evaluation of counter-unmanned aircraft systems and development and evaluation of directed energy weapons” among other research initiatives. “The Navy’s demonstration on USS Preble (DDG 88 ...

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