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.
Army Closer to Arming Trucks with High-Energy Lasers The U.S. Army is closer to mounting lasers on vehicles for protection against enemy rocket, artillery and mortar fire.
US Complains After Chinese Lasers Injure 2 Air Force Pilots in Africa The U.S. charged that China aimed laser beams at U.S. pilots in Djibouti.
Air Force Special Ops Short on Funding for AC-130 Gunship Laser Sen. Martin Heinrich said at the current pace of testing, a laser weapon for the AC-130 would not be operational until 2030.
Navy Likely to Be First Service to Field Laser Weapons, Expert Says If one service has made sufficient progress to use laser weapons in its arsenal in the next few years, it's the U.S. Navy.
Raytheon's Laser Dune Buggy Set to Fry Enemy Quadcopters The funny-looking vehicle promises to give maneuver formations defense against drones.
'Drop It on Their Heads': StratCom's Launch-Phase Missile Defense Plan The nation needs directed-energy weapons to take out enemy missiles on launch, the head of StratCom says.
Navy Buys Lasers to 'Dazzle' Drones, Take Out Small Boats It's a "watershed moment" in the Navy's decades-long effort to develop laser weapons for surface warships.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
