Taking down Iran's cheap drones is a drain on the U.S. weapons stockpile. Emerging laser technology may be a cost-effective ...

The U.S. military is rapidly advancing high-energy laser weapons as a cost-effective alternative to traditional missile ...

Smoke rose from a drone after it was shot down by a 50-kW laser mounted on a U.S. Army Stryker vehicle. Credit: U.S. Army High-energy lasers are having a long-overdue moment. Two incidents in late ...

The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a “seemingly threatening” drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It ...

The U.S. military accidentally shoots down a CBP drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border with a laser system after mistaking it for a cartel drone.

The FAA's El Paso airspace shutdown did not go into effect until more than a day after CBP fired a laser to shoot down an ...

The U.S. military will test a high-energy laser weapon at White Sands Missile Range, designed to disable drones.

Aviation officials shut down the airspace over El Paso after Customs and Border Protection officials fired a laser on loan ...

High-energy lasers can burn drones in the sky like a blowtorch. But they can be stymied by weather, and making them at scale will be a challenge.

The Pentagon, CBP and the FAA said in a statement that the military mitigated "a seemingly threatening unmanned aerial system ...

The apparent friendly fire incident prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to quickly close some airspace near the border.

A US military laser system shot down a drone near the US-Mexico border on Thursday, only for it to emerge that the aircraft ...