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.
USS Preble to Be First Destroyer Equipped with Laser Defense System The USS Preble will be the first destroyer to be equipped with a high-energy laser to counter surface craft and drones.
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.
Putin Hails New Russian Laser Weapons Putin specifically mentioned the Peresvet, the military's first laser weapon that entered service last fall.
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.
Court Rules Against Soldier Who Says He Was Forced to Retire Due to Religious Beliefs The U.S. Court of Federal Claims published a ruling in favor of a motion to dismiss the case brought by Nathan Sommers.
Historians Say American History Oversimplifies Atomic Bombings on Japan Those losses hastened the war's conclusion but were not solely responsible for it, two historians say.
She Was a Pioneering Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer. A Tsunami of Sexual Harassment Followed Sara Faulkner had the "it" factor as the first woman to graduate from the Coast Guard's helicopter rescue swimmer school.
Army V Corps Headquarters Will Be First Unit to Move to Poland The date for the move, as well as the location in Poland, has not been announced, but it will take place in 2021.
Mechanical Failure, Human Error Cited in Minnesota National Guard Helicopter Crash The UH-60L took off from the St. Cloud Army Aviation Support Facility on Dec. 5 and went missing for almost two hours.
