Why Palantir and Elbit are top plays in the booming counterdrone market.

The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first high-energy tactical laser weapon to be fully integrated and cleared for operations ...

Aviation Week editors Robert Wall and Steve Trimble discuss the evolution of laser weapons that are now getting their first battlefield kills and are destined for new applications. The podcast delves ...

After months of bold promises about its directed energy weapon ambitions, the U.S. military is putting its money where its mouth is. This funding, if approved, would not just mark a major increase ...

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...

The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air-launched missiles during tests at the High Energy ...

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here. For decades, the U.S. military’s dream ...

EOS (Electro Optic Systems), the Australia-headquartered company with expertise in optical technologies for space and defense deployments, has opened a new facility in Singapore that will produce and ...

A beam director tracks a drone during an exercise held by Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, April 4, 2024. (Cpl. Alejandro Fernandez/Marine Corps) Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on ...