General Atomics and Boeing team up on high-energy laser weapon

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing have entered into a partnership to develop a scalable 100 kW to 250 kW-class High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon system for air and missile defenses.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTa… Continue reading General Atomics and Boeing team up on high-energy laser weapon

US Navy disables drone using a high-energy shipborne laser weapon

The US Navy has successfully carried out a demonstration of a high-energy laser weapon installed in a warship. On May 16, 2020, the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) locked onto and disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with its … Continue reading US Navy disables drone using a high-energy shipborne laser weapon

Light Blade tech uses lasers to shoot down airborne incendiaries

In the past couple of years, both bomb-carrying balloons and brush fire-causing flaming kites have been launched from Gaza into neighboring Israel. A new system uses lasers to shoot them down, and it could even be used to neutralize drones.Continue Rea… Continue reading Light Blade tech uses lasers to shoot down airborne incendiaries

UK expands laser and radio frequency directed energy weapons program

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has ordered three laser and radio-frequency weapons demonstrators for the country’s Armed Forces. Today’s announcement promises £130 million (US$162 million) to test and evaluate the next generation of Directed En… Continue reading UK expands laser and radio frequency directed energy weapons program