Israel to deploy first combat-ready laser weapon system for operational air defense

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems completes Iron Beam laser interceptor that destroys rockets and drones at a fraction of the ...

MQ-20 Avenger Depicted With Laser Weapon In Its Nose A Sign Of What’s To Come

General Atomics is exploring laser armament options for drones across its portfolio, including its new Gambit family of ...

Israeli anti-missile laser system 'Iron Beam' ready for military use this year

A low-cost, high-power laser-based system aimed at destroying incoming missiles has successfully completed testing and will ...
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Army readies to launch 2026 competition for counter-drone laser weapon

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. − The U.S. Army is counting on funding in fiscal 2026 to hold a competition to pursue a high-energy laser weapon system focused first on countering drones, according to service ...
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Having a blast: US Navy performs jaw-dropping LASER weapon test

having-a-blast–767664 Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducts a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration on a static surface training target, Dec. 14, while sailing in the ...
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HII is Awarded Contract to Develop High-Energy Laser Weapon System for the US Army

MCLEAN, Va., March 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Mission Technologies division was selected to develop an open architecture High-Energy Laser (HEL) weapon ...
New York Post

Lasers, including under Israel’s Iron Beam, are innovating modern warfare — for better or worse

Earlier this summer, Israel made military history. Not with a missile, bomb or bullet — but with a beam of light. In a first for modern warfare, the Israel Defense Forces successfully intercepted ...

Israel’s anti-missile laser system ‘Iron Beam’ ready for military use in 2025

The low-cost system will complement Israel’s Iron Dome and other anti-missile systems. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Israel becomes the first country to down drones in combat with a laser weapon

The systems were prototypes and are being integrated into the country's air defenses. Videos and photos show the system, made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Israel's military used new laser ...
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Watch: High-energy laser takes down drone in world-first combat engagement

The age of laser weapons looks to have officially dawned. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems says that, for the first time in history, a high-energy laser system has been used to destroy multiple drone ...

‘Last line of defence’: military journal sheds light on China’s new LY-1 shipborne laser weapon

Article argues output of laser weapon unveiled at Beijing military parade exceeds American Helios and LWSD Mark 2 MOD 0 laser ...
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Dynetics-Led Team to Build Army Laser Weapon Demonstrator Under $130M Contract

The U.S. Army has awarded a Dynetics-led industry team a potential $130M contract to build and demonstrate a 100-kilowatt-class laser weapons system. “High energy laser weapons have been a system that ...