U.S. military officials say a new high-energy laser weapon system has coincided with a roughly 75% drop in drone activity probing the southern border in the Rio Grande Valley, less than two weeks afte
The U.S. Army has awarded AeroVironment (AV) a contract for its Enduring-High Energy Laser (E-HEL) program, marking the service’s first production contract for a high-energy laser weapon. The Army sai
The U.S. Army is seeking a new counter-drone missile under its Next Generation Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System Missile (NGCM) program, with a strict cost target of under $150,000 per round and
The U.S. military has awarded AeroVironment an $80.5 million contract to expand deployment of its Titan-MS counter-drone system at Air Force installations. The purchase was made by Joint Interagency T
American defense firm AeroVironment successfully tested its Locust laser weapon aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush in a one-day trial last October, demonstrating a fast
In early March, a groundbreaking counter-drone laser test was conducted by the Army Multi-Purpose High Energy Laser (AMP-HEL) at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. During the test, the laser
The Pentagon's Replicator Initiative, launched in August 2023, aims to rapidly deploy thousands of expendable autonomous systems by 2025 to counter China's military mass. The initiative focuses on "at
The recent incident of a laser directed energy weapon being used to down an aerial object near El Paso, Texas, underscores the complexities of U.S. drone defense policy. Customs and Border Protection