Heven AeroTech envisions its hydrogen-powered long-endurance drones as airborne platforms for next-generation capabilities, including high-energy laser weapons.

Facing a growing drone threat, the Pentagon is poised to sign a first-of-its-kind contract for “Enduring High Energy Lasers”—and make directed energy weapons an official part of the Army’s kit.

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The US military fired several high-energy laser and high-power microwave weapons for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday.

The US military fired several high-energy laser and high-power microwave weapons for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday.

A newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Click to read Laser Wars, by Jared Keller, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Chariot Defense founder and CEO Adam Warmoth talks directed energy, expeditionary power, and what your Tesla has in common with a laser weapon.

Unable to agree on how to interpret the American story, the country’s schools, universities, and political institutions have stopped trying to tell it at all.

The debut episode, moderated by Founders Fund chief marketing officer Mike Solana, included a star-studded cast of current tech luminaries.

“We now have a suite of directed energy products that go from low-end to high-end, and now we have to scale production of those.”

The Aum Shinrikyo sect behind the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack also undertook a years-long global quest to acquire laser technology.

The Aum Shinrikyo sect behind the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack also undertook a years-long global quest to acquire laser technology.