Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth abruptly removed Navy Secretary John Phelan, naming Undersecretary Hung Cao as acting chief.

For the first time on record, a laser weapon fired from the flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier has shot down drones in a ...

Rochester City Council has agreed to appeal a court decision that stripped the Police Accountability Board of its ability to ...

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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 ...

Drones have played an increasing role in combat, with Iran deploying inexpensive drones to strike U.S. targets.

Navy demonstrates palletized LOCUST laser system at sea, proving counter-drone capability without costly ship modifications.

Special sensors, including high-frequency radars and radio frequency signal detection systems, were used to guide the laser ...

The US Navy borrowed a US Army Palletized-High Energy Laser (P-HEL) to test shooting down unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at ...

The U.S. Navy has tested its new LOCUST laser defense system aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, designed to counter the growing ...

The U.S. Navy has conducted live-fire testing of a containerised laser weapon system aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H ...

Lasers remain very limited in their range and how fast they can down targets, but they still can be an important layer in a ...