As drone warfare continues to expand, naval analysts increasingly see laser weapons as a critical component of future ship defenses, capable of neutralizing swarms of inexpensive unmanned aircraft ...

The US Navy has revealed new details about a laser weapon test conducted last fall, highlighting steady progress in ship-based directed-energy defenses. During a demonstration in 2025, the Arleigh ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to the Navy, the test was conducted “to verify and validate the functionality, performance and capability” of HELIOS. It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Preble successfully test fires the HELIOS directed-energy weapon at an unmanned aerial drone at an unreported time and ...

Laser weapons are such an entrenched sci-fi trope that it's easy to forget just how real this tech can be (and is). While we're not exactly close to seeing real-life "Star Wars" space battles, the U.S ...