One of DARPA’s concerns is that Russia has allegedly developed a nuclear space-based, anti-satellite weapon that may be ...

Ever since lasers were invented in 1960, defense contractors and servicemembers have dreamed of shooting things out of the sky with them. Lasers are used all the time in targeting, from the ...

The U.S. Air Force's vaunted Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) program closed out without ever reaching its goal of testing a laser-directed energy weapon on a fighter.

Cheap drones are exposing gaps in current air defense systems, and countries in the Middle East are looking to laser weapons ...

The U.S. Army says a powerful new laser weapon prototype is being developed to detect and destroy small unmanned aerial ...

Just as everyone has unique fingerprints, everyone also has a unique heartbeat, and that concept is crucial to the US military's newest identification device. The Department of Defense, at the ...

The footage of the engagement comes amid a fresh round of US airstrikes against the Houthis as the Red Sea conflict continues.

The YAL-1A is a converted Boeing 747 created by the Missile Defense Agency and outfitted with a chemical oxygen iodine laser. WSJ's Nathan Hodge reports.

The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System is a cost-effective choice for shooting down low-cost small armed drones. An Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser guided kit is displayed ...