British troops downed a drone swarm of up to 100 systems using a new radio frequency (RF) directed energy weapon (DEW) demonstrator for the first time. This novel system targeted, tracked ...

Directed energy weapons include high-energy lasers that can be used to shoot down drones and missiles. The Pentagon spends about $1 billion on this tech every year, CBS News reported in 2023.

They gathered from July 31 to Aug. 8 in Fort Drum, New York, bringing everything from small arms to directed-energy weapons to “Operation Hard Kill,” a shoot-off organized by the 10th Mountain ...

British soldiers have used a home-grown directed-energy weapon to destroy swarms of drones in a landmark military trial, marking the UK’s largest counter-drone exercise to date. The trial ...