The Pentagon’s push to field laser weapons has shifted from laboratory curiosity to operational reality, with recent tests showing systems that can track, target, and disable threats in real time.

The Hellads program differs from JHPSSL in being the first program to impose size and weight requirements on a complete laser weapon system. The goal is to produce a 150-kw. weapon that fits within 3 ...

When the Pentagon first commissioned an anti-ballistic missile system (i.e. a Boeing 747 with a chemical laser attached to its nose), it spent roughly five years and $16 billion trying to perfect the ...

On 2 December 2025, a containerized prototype high-energy laser system was confirmed to be installed on the aft deck of JS ...

Modifications to Air Force Special Operations Command's (AFSOC) fleet of AC-130 gunships means that even if a planned August test of the new Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) system aboard an AC-130J ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - The Army is continuing work on a potential new laser program at Redstone Arsenal that could eventually help defend U.S. troops on the battlefield. The U.S. Army Space and Missile ...

MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. -- A recent Public Health audit of Madigan's laser safety program resulted in it being lauded as the best of its kind across Army Medicine.

Russia is also developing combat laser weapons alongside with the US said army general Yury Baluevsky, former Chief of the Russian General Staff. The US is field testing various combat 50-150 KW ...

FORT PIERCE — Three students tinkered with a network of mirror lenses and prisms until a steady green laser beam shot across their work station. At one point, the laser splits into two streams, then ...

South Korea is preparing to launch a laser-based defense system that will more easily destroy drones flying in from the North. The "Block-I" program, also referred to as "StarWars" hopes to make South ...

The Department Of Energy (DOE) proposes to shut down the Omega laser which was first built to help achieve fusion. A ‘three-year rampdown’ plan for the laser has been initiated and eventually the ...

Boyertown Planetarium has announced “Holiday Laser.” This laser light program features a mix of everyone’s favorite holiday music, from the classical to the modern, all set to fantastic laser, cove ...