The LOCUST Laser Weapon System was tested aboard the USS George H.W. Bush and neutralized multiple target drones.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush shot down multiple drones with a high-energy laser weapon stationed on its flight deck during a first-of-its-kind live-fire te ...

Somewhere in the Atlantic, the flight deck of the USS George H.W. Bush became a proving ground for a weapon that fires at the ...

The U.S. Navy is accelerating its push into directed energy weapons as drone threats ...

The U.S. military is once again pursuing flying directed energy weapons to counter threats to American airspace.

The US Navy has tested the LOCUST laser weapon system aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, successfully neutralizing multiple drones in a live-fire demonstration. The trial comes as the carrier operates ...

The Amphibious transport dock USS Portland with a mounted Laser Weapons System Demonstrator Mk 2 Mod 0, center, in 2021. (Lance Cpl. Patrick Katz/U.S. Marine Corps) Editor’s note: This story ...

The U.S. military is laying the foundation for deploying high-energy laser weapons for domestic air defense.

AeroVironment says its Locust laser weapon to counter drones has undergone naval trials. The system deployed in a palletized form on the CVN 77 USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier last year. It ...

Learn more Shares of AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) rose on Tuesday after the defense technology leader announced a successful ...

Artist rendering of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser. (Lockheed Martin) Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons ...

This story has been corrected. The U.S. Army has shelved its “Valkyrie” laser anti-missile system, shifting instead to the newer Joint Laser Weapon System, to be built with the Navy as part of the ...