Rheinmetall has unveiled its portable Skyranger 30 HEL air defense system that boasts a combination of a 30 mm automatic cannon, Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) missiles, and a high-energy laser to ...

Laser weapons go mobile as the US Army takes delivery of two 20-kW, anti-drone Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted Laser-Oriented Counter-UAS System (LOCUST) Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) from ...

The Army has officially deployed a pair of high-energy lasers overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out of the sky, the service recently confirmed, marking a major milestone for the U.S. military's ...

ARLINGTON, Va., April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) awarded BlueHalo a base $45.7M prototype Other Transaction Authority (with ...

The Army has inked a contract with defense giant Lockheed Martin for a platoon's worth of what would be the U.S. military's most powerful laser weapon system to date, the company announced Tuesday.

Boeing's High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD). The U.S. military is now one step closer to having a laser gun that can shoot down enemy drones in the blink of an eye. Boeing recently ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Boeing has won a new $36 million U.S. Army contract to push ahead with its work on creating a new mobile, high-energy laser weapon system to knock out incoming rockets, ...

The HEL system aboard its mobile demonstrator in an earlier test at White Springs. The Army is planning a live-fire test of its High Energy Laser, or HEL, weapons system this fall at White Sands ...

The Army is working overtime to ramp up to output of one of its next-generation vehicle-mounted laser weapon systems By Jared Keller Published May 8, 2020 2:20 PM EDT The Army is working overtime to ...

Boeing is building a laser cannon for the U.S. Army, and the new weapon has now proved it will be as capable at sea as on land. The High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD)—basically a ...

Believe it or not, the time when lasers are used for offensive or defensive purposes is here. Long advertised in sci-fi flicks and literature, the use of laser for military purposes is getting ...

Rheinmetall, the global technology company focused on defense and automotive systems, says it has successfully tested its new 50kW high energy laser (HEL)-based weapon technology demonstrator. The ...