Tag: laser weapons
German Navy ship trials laser weapon for first time ever
A German air-defense frigate has hosted a laser weapon trial in the first event of this kind for the German Navy.
Lockheed delivers 300kW laser weapon demonstrator to the Pentagon
Lockheed Martin has revealed it delivered its most potent laser weapon to the US Armed Forces yet.
The 300kW-class...
Northrop completes design review for US Army’s scalable 300-kilowatt laser
Northrop Grumman has revealed that it has completed the preliminary design review for a high-energy laser prototype for the Pentagon that will...
Rheinmetall trials C-UAS laser weapon for German Boxer fighting vehicle
The laser testbed trials are aimed at integrating a 10 kW laser into a Boxer fighting vehicle by the end of 2022.
Laser-wielding DE M-SHORAD Stryker defeated mortar rounds in recent tests
US Army brigade combat teams are set to receive four laser-equipped Strykers this year.
Israel completes live trial of Iron Beam laser interceptor
Iron Beam is expected to become part of Israel’s multi-layered defense array.
US Navy downs cruise missile target with high-energy laser in ‘historic’...
The US Navy recently took down a subsonic cruise missile target using a high-energy laser weapon in a test it described as...
Chinese destroyer lases Australian Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft
A Chinese People’s Liberation Army – Navy (PLA-N) vessel hit an Australian P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft with a military-grade laser on...
US Air Force soon to receive first RADBO vehicles that use...
US Air Force will receive the first of 13 vehicles that use lasers to detonate and clear unexploded ordnance by fall this year.
US amphib USS Portland tests laser weapon in Gulf of Aden
US amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) carried out a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration while underway in the Gulf...
