The Pentagon is spending big on lasers to shoot down hostile drones and cruise missiles

DoD believes the prototypes could lead to a useful alternative to expensive missiles for intercepting drones and cruise ...
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Pentagon awards $86M for laser weapons to defeat drone swarms

The Pentagon is betting that containerized lasers can break the drone swarm’s economics, survive the weather, and avoid becoming another expensive test-range ghost.
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AC-130 Gunship Laser Weapon Program's Future Is Looking Blurry

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 ...

NUBURU Reports Initial Tekne Laser Dazzler Counter-UAS Test Results Under Italian Plan as Golden Power Review Continues

The trials were conducted in a controlled indoor environment simulating the engagement of a hostile unmanned aerial vehicle ("UAV"). In the tested configurations, NUBURU's dazzling technology achieved ...
Defense News

What we know about the US military’s new joint laser weapon system

The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air-launched missiles during tests at the High Energy ...
Aviation Week

Mass-Producible U.S. Army Laser Program Closer To Acquisition Phase

The U.S. Army has started gathering market information and scheduled a live-fire demonstration to support the first program of record established for a new class of mass-producible, high-energy lasers ...