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 ...

AeroVironment has announced that its palletized LOCUST Laser Weapon System successfully tracked, engaged, and neutralized ...

Perhaps the most precise method of guiding munitions to a target is with a laser device, ‘painting’ the target so that munitions can lock on and follow the beam. However, in order to do this, military ...

An international team of physicists has achieved a significant advance in laser science, demonstrating for the first time a ...

AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced the launch of capability enhancements for its Puma™ LE small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS): an integrated Laser Target Designator payload ...

China has recently unveiled a low cost mobile laser weapon that can destroy small ...

Ever since lasers were invented in 1960, defense contractors and servicemembers have dreamed of shooting things out of the sky with them. Lasers are used all the time in targeting, from the ...

Laser light can lift and steer tiny chips in three dimensions, demonstrating a new form of propulsion for spacecraft.

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 ...

AeroVironment, Inc. announced the successful demonstration of its palletized LOCUST Laser Weapon System (LWS) aboard aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) in October 2025 ...

With these upgrades, Puma LE evolves beyond intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) to support multi-mission operations—delivering unmatched portability, modular adaptability, and ...