WASHINGTON — Five Pelican dropships and two Phantom troop carriers glide into view near snowcapped hills on a world with biomes similar to Earth’s. A handful of the warplanes break formation, ...

America's critical infrastructure--e.g., power plants, transportation hubs, and telecommunications facilities--is becoming increasingly vulnerable to precision missile attacks. Guided missile ...

Concept art from defense company Lockheed Martin depicts a potential application of directed-energy weapons against unmanned systems. (Photo provided/Lockheed Martin) WASHINGTON — The U.S. commander ...

Concept art from defense contractor Lockheed Martin shows the potential for directed-energy weapons against unmanned systems. (Photo provided/Lockheed Martin) We live in an increasingly gray zone and ...

The U.S. military is searching for an efficient and affordable solution to UAV threats. Microwave and laser energies may be that solution. (Courtesy of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects ...

Sean O'Byrne receives funding from DST group for a directed energy research project and was previously funded by Lockheed Martin Corporation to study the physics of high-powered gas lasers. “God mode” ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- During a symposium, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command and other Team Redstone members told attendees how high energy laser systems will ...

Apollo Micro Systems gains DRDO approval for two Directed Energy Weapon technologies, enhancing indigenous defence ...

Over the past 20 years, the military and its partners in industry have figured out how to build lasers and other directed energy weapons. The devices have changed from often-hazardous chemical lasers ...

On June 8, the U.S. Army took the unusual step of asking Congress to allow it to slow the pace at which it is required to purchase and field the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2, ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama -- The Department of the Army places such a priority on directed energy that it allotted one of its 36 scientific and professional authorizations to the U.S. Army Space and ...

The Pentagon has briefed top lawmakers on suspected “directed-energy” attacks against US troops, potentially by Russia, according to a report. At least two groups of lawmakers with the necessary ...