Chinese scientists have developed a portable 2-kilowatt (kW) fiber laser weapon that can operate in extreme temperatures. Reportedly capable of functioning in conditions between -58°F (-50°C) and ...

A Stryker carried a 50-kW laser for shooting down a range of small, fast-moving threats as part of the Army’s Directed-Energy Maneuver–Short-Range Air Defense program. Credit: Jim Kendall/U.S. Army In ...

Israeli company Rafael has created Iron Beam, a high-energy laser weapon, though lighter, more mobile versions of the technology were credited with recent drone shoot-downs. (Courtesy of Rafael ...

A truck-fired 50 kW laser weapon — an upgrade of the lumbering HEL-MTT — will be test fired in 2018. A 100 kW weapon on a more mobile vehicle — perhaps an 8×8 Stryker or tracked Bradley — will be test ...

Australian defense company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has unveiled its Apollo High Energy Laser Weapon (HELW) that pumps out up to 150 kW of power yet can take out 200 medium-sized drones running on ...

JERUSALEM - Rafael Advanced Defense Systems brought replicas of its laser-powered Iron Beam missile shield to the DSEI 2025 defense show in London, lifting the veil on a defensive technology used ...

nLight has reported a sharp rise in sales revenues for its latest financial quarter, as demand increases from around the world for high-power lasers to be deployed in directed energy weapons. The ...