A 127th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew performs a stray voltage check prior to loading AGR-20 APKWS (Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System) laser-guided rockets on the A-10C ...

The Ukrainian-made drone is equipped with a laser targeting system designed to illuminate enemy positions for precision-guided munitions, including artillery and air-dropped weapons.

RAF FAIRFORD, England—The shift by the U.S. Air Force away from expensive air-to-air missiles to laser-guided weapons to down relatively cheap drones in the Middle East was enabled by a quick ...

President John F. Kennedy gave a laser-missile-defence project the highest national-security priority after the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. But missiles turned out to be difficult targets. They ...

BAE Systems says it has fired precision weapons from a large quadcopter uncrewed air system (UAS) to show how the combination can be used against drones and ground targets. The trial at the U.S ...

US fighter jets used laser-guided rockets to destroy nearly half the drones that were shot down during the most recent big operation against the Iran-backed Houthis, a top commander told lawmakers ...

FORT SILL, Okla. — In the rolling plains of Oklahoma, the U.S. Army is taking aim at the future of air defense, and it’s powered by lasers. Recently at Fort Sill, Soldiers conducted a live ...

But laser weapons are yet to be deployed at scale, and remain experimental. Bad weather or smoke can also interfere with the strength and precision of a beam, and generating the power needed in ...