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China’s Silent Hunter directed-energy air defence system has reportedly been sighted in Abu Dhabi Airport in the United Arab Emirates. The system made its first appearance…

Long-Endurance UAS Powered Wirelessly In Flight Via Laser Beam | Aviation Week Network Skip to main content Graham Warwick April 24, 2026 PowerLight’s wireless power beam…

PowerLight Technologies and Kraus Hamdani Aerospace have demonstrated sustained wireless laser power beaming to a military drone while in flight, in what PowerLight describes as an…

The FAA and the Defense Department have concluded that a high-energy laser used to target drones—and which temporarily closed the airspace over El Paso, Texas, earlier…

A strange-looking installation atop a building near Palm Beach International Airport (KPBI) in Florida was revealed Tuesday to be an anti-drone laser, intended to protect President…

LOCUST X3 is the third generation of AeroVironment’s high-energy laser weapon system. Credit: © AeroVironment, Inc. AeroVironment has released LOCUST X3, the third-generation version of its…

China Showcases Weaponized High-Energy Laser | Aviation Week Network Skip to main content Steve Trimble March 16, 2026 China’s military and industry have not released technical…

Pentagon’s Megawatt Laser Demo To Highlight Recent Tech Breakthroughs | Aviation Week Network Skip to main content Steve Trimble March 16, 2026 Smoke rose from a…

The Pentagon and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plan to conduct tests in New Mexico of a high-energy laser designed to counter drones, as US officials work…

The U.S. military used a laser-based counter-drone system Thursday Feb. 26 to shoot down what it described as a “seemingly threatening” unmanned aircraft operating near the…