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 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 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 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 ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV), a leading provider of counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) technologies, today announced the successful delivery of two Joint Light ...

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 ...