Boeing's High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD). The U.S. military is now one step closer to having a laser gun that can shoot down enemy drones in the blink of an eye. Boeing recently ...

Israel’s recent conflict with Iran has put a global spotlight on its armed forces and how they operate. Major military assets ...

Who wouldn't want a ray gun? The military aims to turn lasers weapons from science fiction into reality for everything from space platforms to Humvees. "RELI" is the Department of Defense's ...

A new type of weapon Laser weapons have long been an interest for the military. They promise pinpoint accuracy, unlimited ammunition (so long as there’s power), and the ability to neutralize ...

The official PLA newspaper announces that Chinese soldiers now have laser rifles- but only to blind robots with, for now..

A major question for the Army is whether its new machine gun should chamber the 7.62mm round or another caliber, a retired general said.

It seems like something out of science fiction, but it's fact: America's new military laser is showing it can shoot down drones. And it's still being developed.

In another step toward practical battlefield energy weapons, the UK has for the first time tested a laser weapon mounted on a British Army Wolfhound armored vehicle as part of the Land Laser ...

The British military has successfully deployed a newly developed laser weapon against drones. A video shows the weapon in action.

Chinese scientists claim they have found a way to build a laser weapon that can be fired indefinitely, which would dramatically increase its effectiveness over other laser weapons.

Heat has been a problem with machine guns since their invention and an early solution was to water cool the barrel, while later the best option was to swap out the barrel and maintain fire discipline.

You can't "turn down" a bomb, but you can dial down a laser to be less-lethal and handle threats in a way that doesn't cause bodily injury to the target.