The Navy Has Installed the First Drone-Stopping Laser on a Destroyer The system was installed aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Dewey in November, but not announced until this week.
50-Kilowatt Laser Will Be a 'Game-Changer,' Company Says The U.S. military will incorporate the newest generation of solid-state fiber optic lasers as early as 2021.
Air Force Getting Ready to Deploy a Drone-Killing Laser and Phaser The Air Force is preparing to send vehicle-borne laser drone-killers overseas in just a few months.
Lasers That Take Out Drones and Small Boats Could Be Mounted On More Navy Ships Navy warship is getting a laser five times stronger than the one the service has tested in the past.
Pentagon Halts Work on Directed-Energy Beam to Stop Enemy Missiles The Pentagon is shelving a directed-energy program it was hoping to use in space to destroy enemy ICBMs.
Army Eyeing Navy's High-Powered Laser to Fight Enemy Drone Swarms Army officials are getting help from the Navy to make the service's High Energy Laser program more than twice as powerful.
The Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun May Soon See Testing on a Warship The Navy finally plans on testing its much-hyped electromagnetic railgun on a surface warship in a major milestone.
Army Works to Slim Down Powerful New Laser Defense System The powerful new High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator is currently too big to deploy.
Trump's Missile Defense Review Calls for Space Sensors, Drone Lasers President Donald Trump called for the best cutting-edge missile defense weapons and systems at the Pentagon on Thursday.
Laser Weapons Are Future for Missile Defense, Space, Expert Says The Pentagon has just a few years to decide whether it wants to invest heavily in the new technology.
Troubled USS Boxer Returns Home 10 Days into Deployment Due to Maintenance Issue The maintenance-embattled USS Boxer is heading back to San Diego just 10 days after deploying due to an engineering issue, as...
On Newly Quiet Stretch of US-Mexico Border, Louisiana Soldiers Sit Around, Watch and Wait The Louisiana soldiers are spaced in groups of two or three over the 1.5 mile, 400-yard-wide strip of land.
How the Army Made a Deal with UFL Football and The Rock Despite Doubts over the Sponsorship's Worth The roughly $11 million deal set the service up to be the premier partner for the league's inaugural season, which started...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
'Restore Real Value': House Panel Wants to Give Junior Enlisted Troops 15% Pay Raise The recommendation on boosting paychecks is part of the final report from the House Armed Services Committee's military...