A laser weapon[2] is a type of directed-energy weapon that uses lasers to inflict damage. Whether they will be deployed as practical, high-performance military weapons remains to be seen. [3][4] One of the major issues with laser weapons is atmospheric thermal blooming, which is …

Feb 4, 2025 · The U.S. Navy’s laser weapons programs fall into two broad families. One is the Navy Laser Family of Systems (NLFoS). The U.S. Navy’s Surface Warfare Division (N96) manages development of Surface Navy Laser Weapon System Increment One (HELIOS) and the Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN). The other is the U.S. Navy’s Innovation ...

An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships. The photo ...

Mar 7, 2024 · Militaries around the world are rapidly developing science fiction-like laser weapons, motivated in part by the growing threat from swarms of drones.

Feb 4, 2025 · The Preble's 60-kilowatt laser weapon can work as a dazzler to "blind" the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors mounted on drones. Furthermore, it can provide long-range ISR ...

Jan 25, 2024 · Directed energy weapons offer a more cost-efficient means of dealing with fast-proliferating threats. If the technology can be matured, such systems could tip both the military and economic calculus of modern warfare in their users' favor.

The AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System or XN-1 LaWS [1] is a laser weapon developed by the United States Navy. The weapon was installed on USS Ponce for field testing in 2014. In December 2014, the United States Navy reported that the LaWS system worked perfectly against low-end asymmetric threats, and that the commander of Ponce was authorized to ...

May 13, 2024 · Following its creation in 1960 by American engineer and physicist Theodore Maiman, the laser—technically an acronym for “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation”—almost...

At sea, in the air and on the ground, Lockheed Martin is developing laser weapon systems ready to defend U.S. and allied forces. Combined with our platform integration expertise, these systems are designed to defeat a growing range of threats to …

Jun 21, 2023 · Lockheed Martin’s 300kW-class laser can be integrated with the US Army’s IFPC-HEL demonstrator laser weapon system. GA-EMS and Boeing will deliver a high-power, compact laser weapon subsystem prototype, which is expected to produce a lethal output greater than anything fielded to date.