The dream of laser weapons has not materialized nearly as fast as the Pentagon once thought it would, but the Navy's top ...

The chief of U.S. naval operations, Adm. Daryl Caudle, is advocating for powerful lasers aboard the newfangled Trump-class battleship, which is also expected to wield nuclear and hypersonic weapons.

Trump’s Navy chief is calling for giant lasers to be included on new battleships - US has not commissioned a battleship in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A logo hangs on Rheinmetall's new artillery plant. Julian Stratenschulte/dpa German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall and European ...

Germany’s laser system is roughly comparable to the United Kingdom’s “DragonFire” system, though both programs still have substantial technical challenges to overcome. NATO member Germany could soon ...

We’ve been keeping a close, close eye on the U.S. Navy’s Laser Weapons System since it first appeared, and the more we heard about it, the more we were impressed. This summer, one lucky ship will be ...

Following the successful completion of a one-year trial phase at sea, defense contractors Rheinmetall and MBDA, in Germany, have transferred a laser demonstrator for the German Navy to the Laser ...

The U.S. Navy has performed a jaw-dropping LASER weapon test. Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland conducted the high-energy laser weapon system demonstration while sailing in the Gulf of Aden ...

The U.S. Navy announced plans Monday to deploy a new weapon with the capabilities to disable a hostile boat and even destroy a surveillance drone overhead without releasing ammunition. The Laser ...