Welcome to Pulse, a regular digest of updates from around the directed energy ecosystem. In this week’s edition: the US military’s dreaded Active Denial System finally gets a mission, the Defense ...

The US military’s full embrace of high-energy laser weapons may depends on how easy they are for the average service member ...

America’s laser dome is gradually taking shape. The US military has selected four directed energy weapons to participate in a Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) 401 pilot program to “expand the ...

Welcome to Pulse, a regular digest of updates from around the directed energy ecosystem. In this week’s edition: a note on a recent New York Post article on US military laser weapons, NATO’s biggest ...

Since late August, the US military’s Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) 401 has been touting a December “directed energy shoot-off” as a key milestone in its effort to field such capabilities to ...

The US Army’s first production-ready high-energy laser weapons could end up in soldiers’ hands in the next 18 months, according to service officials.

The Marine Corps has pulled the plug on a laser weapon system the service had previously billed as “the first ground-based laser approved by the Department of Defense for use by warfighters on the ...

Laser Wars is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. In a statement, a trio of ranking Democratic lawmakers said the ...

It was only a matter of time. At this year’s Pakistan International Maritime Expo & Conference (PIMEC) in Karachi, an unidentified Chinese defense contractor showcased a concept for what can best be ...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated with comment from Anduril. The US military has spent decades trying to deliver augmented reality to combat troops on the battlefield. Now, a Silicon Valley ...

One of the most distinctive features of the US military’s high-energy laser weapon of choice isn’t the system itself — it’s how operators cont… But my favorite part of the 60 Minutes segment is when ...