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France Tests Anti-Drone Laser on Charles de Gaulle Aircraft Carrier, Setting It Up in Four Hours
A French Air and Space Force team set up a counter-drone laser on the Charles de Gaulle’s flight deck in about four…
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Turkish Roketsan’s ALKA Directed Energy Weapon Hits Drones and a Ground Target in Live Fire
Roketsan’s ALKA Directed Energy Weapon System engaged rotary-wing and fixed-wing drones and a fixed ground target in live-fire trials tied to the…
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Why the US Military Is Embracing Gaming Controllers, From M1E3 Abrams Tanks to the Firefly Laser
The Pentagon’s pick of Kord’s Firefly laser for a base-defense pilot puts an Xbox controller in a homeland air defense fire-control chain.…
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US Army Laser Weapons Go Modular: 30 kW E-HEL Sled Built for Any Vehicle
At AUSA 2026, Army officials said the Enduring-High Energy Laser will ride a modular sled that fits any vehicle and any formation.…
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South Korea’s Cheongwang Laser Weapon and 30kW Vehicle Laser Down All 3 Target Drones
Hanwha Systems says its Cheongwang laser weapon and a 30-kilowatt vehicle-mounted laser downed all three target drones in an October 14 Army…
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Turkish MKE’s 20 kW TOLGA Laser Weapon Destroys Drone at 760 Meters in Live-Fire Test
MKE’s 20 kW fiber laser, the new layer of the TOLGA short-range air defense system, destroyed a drone at 760 meters during…
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Directed Energy Pilot Program to Field 3 Lasers and 1 Microwave at US Bases
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 picked AeroVironment, Kord and Boeing lasers plus the Epirus Leonidas microwave weapon for its directed energy pilot:…
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South Korea Unveils Cheongwang Laser Weapon Block 2, 100-kW Prototype
South Korea unveiled a mobile Cheongwang Block 2 on an 8×8 armored vehicle and a 100-kW-class laser prototype at its 78th Armed…
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Netherlands Signs LOI on 100 kW Apollo Laser Weapon, Eyes Dutch Production
The Netherlands has signed a letter of intent with Electro Optic Systems to mature the 100 kW-class Apollo laser weapon into an…