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US Navy’s powerful new laser weapon vaporizes drone threats at sea

The U.S. Navy has quietly crossed a threshold that once belonged to science fiction, using a high energy laser to burn ...
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Powerful US Navy laser weapon successfully neutralizes drone threats at sea

The US Navy has revealed new details about a laser weapon test conducted last ...

USS Preble Used HELIOS Laser To Zap Four Drones In Expanding Testing

The Navy sees HELIOS and other directed energy weapons as critical capabilities, but has faced persistent challenges in ...
Live Science

Drones could achieve 'infinite flight' after engineers create laser-based wireless power system that charges them from the ground

However, the PowerLight system is a step toward real-world deployment in mobile platforms. Recent testing has proved the viability of the transmitter and receiver, but PowerLight has yet to conduct ...
Yahoo

AC-130 Laser Weapon Test Slip Raises Questions About Its Future

Planned flight testing of a high-energy laser directed energy weapon on a U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider gunship has been pushed back again to next year. This once looked set to be the service's ...
The National Interest

The German Navy Is Testing a New Laser Weapon

According to Rheinmetall, the German Navy’s directed energy weapon can engage a wide range of targets, including guided missiles, rockets, and drone swarms. The German Navy is getting closer to having ...
Nature

High-power lasers

Lasers with high optical power outputs are paramount in a variety of applications including manufacturing, material processing and testing, remote sensing, and medical applications. For this reason, ...