Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...
Top General in Mideast Calls for Microwave Weapons for 'Layered' Defense Against Drone Swarms The top general responsible for U.S. troops in the Middle East wants to see a surge of directed-energy weapons in the region...
High-Energy Laser Weapons: A Defense Expert Explains How They Work and What They Are Used For Visions of swarms of small, inexpensive drones filling the skies or skimming across the waves are motivating militaries to...
A Moment of Truth for the Army's Chief Laser Weapon Four prototypes reportedly arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of operations in early February, with the Army...
As Laser Pointer Incidents Spike, Airmen Are Getting Updated Eyewear That Provides Better Protection The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Human Systems Division is starting to field new, upgraded eyewear that can...
Incidents of Laser Points Aimed at Aircraft Have Spiked, and It Has the Air Force Concerned Personal laser pointers, small beam projectors used for everything from professors during college lecture presentations to...
Ride of the Valkyries: The Army Is Getting the US Military's Most Powerful Laser Weapons Yet The Army will receive a platoon of four Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser (IFPC-HEL) laser weapons...
The US Military Has Been Testing Pulsed Energy on Animals Trying to Recreate the Mysterious 'Havana Syndrome' Symptoms These experiments have been taking place at Michigan's Wayne State University.
Navy Still Pouring Millions into Shipboard Laser Weapon Development The Navy's fiscal 2023 budget request calls for over $103 million to support a half-dozen laser weapon concepts, according to...
Army Green Beret Killed in Hunting Accident Remembered as Compassionate Warrior by Family Sgt. Thomas "Tommy" Lazzaro, a weapons expert with 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), died after a hunter...
Here Are the 89 Highly Skilled Air Force Jobs Eligible for Retention Bonuses in 2025 The 89 career fields on the list eligible for the bonus in fiscal 2025 are a notable increase from the 73 careers for fiscal...
Air Force Tears Down Historic Wright-Patterson House After $1.2M Renovation A little over a decade after the Air Force spent some $1.2 million to renovate a former officer's home on Wright-Patterson...
They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? No matter the profession, parents and children in both civilian and military families must navigate delicate decisions about...
China Sanctions 7 Companies over US Military Assistance to Taiwan The Chinese government placed sanctions on seven companies in response to recent U.S. announcements of military sales and aid...
![Lockheed Martin's Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-10/pub-valkyrie-laser-engages-drone-1200.jpg?itok=BmuKifGp "An artist's rendering of Lockheed Martin's Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser, also called "Valkyrie," engaging a hostile drone. (Lockheed Martin)")
![Sgt. Thomas "Tommy" Lazzaro](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-12/1time-tommy-lazzaro-1200.jpg?itok=rE0DrqzH "Sgt. Thomas "Tommy" Lazzaro. (Photo courtesy of Emerald Coast Funeral Home)")
