Lawmaker Raises Alarm over 'Directed Energy' Attacks on US Personnel Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said she understands the classified nature of the issue, but said "the horse is out of the barn."
Marines' Drone-Killing Lasers Get Even More Powerful After Upgrades The Corps has a new $2.5 million agreement with Boeing to service its Compact Laser Weapon System for the next five years.
The Navy Has Installed the First Drone-Stopping Laser on a Destroyer The system was installed aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Dewey in November, but not announced until this week.
50-Kilowatt Laser Will Be a 'Game-Changer,' Company Says The U.S. military will incorporate the newest generation of solid-state fiber optic lasers as early as 2021.
Air Force Getting Ready to Deploy a Drone-Killing Laser and Phaser The Air Force is preparing to send vehicle-borne laser drone-killers overseas in just a few months.
Lasers That Take Out Drones and Small Boats Could Be Mounted On More Navy Ships Navy warship is getting a laser five times stronger than the one the service has tested in the past.
Pentagon Halts Work on Directed-Energy Beam to Stop Enemy Missiles The Pentagon is shelving a directed-energy program it was hoping to use in space to destroy enemy ICBMs.
Army Eyeing Navy's High-Powered Laser to Fight Enemy Drone Swarms Army officials are getting help from the Navy to make the service's High Energy Laser program more than twice as powerful.
The Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun May Soon See Testing on a Warship The Navy finally plans on testing its much-hyped electromagnetic railgun on a surface warship in a major milestone.
Army Works to Slim Down Powerful New Laser Defense System The powerful new High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator is currently too big to deploy.
Russian Flotilla Off Florida Coast Sparks Deployment of US Navy Destroyers, Planes The Russian Ministry of Defense said in an online post that the ships conducted exercises in the use of "high-precision...
The Army's Recruiting Problem Is Male A decade of declining recruitment numbers for the Army is almost entirely attributable to a significant drop in male...
Coast Guard Relieves Commander of Biggest Station for Failing to Act on Harassment Claims The service announced Friday that it relieved Cmdr. David Ruhlig on June 3 "due to a loss of confidence in his ability to...
Culture War Political Fights Resurface as House Approves 19.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise and Senate Eyes 5.5% For the second year in a row, the House approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, mostly along...
Pentagon Stands by Secret Anti-Vaccination Disinformation Campaign in Philippines After Reuters Report The U.S. military launched the disinformation campaign following a decision by then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper to loosen...