The US Navy’s chief has fully supported directed energy weapons (DE), declaring that the ...

Summary and Key Points: As of February 2026, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) has officially cleared builder’s sea trials following a three-year “rebirth” at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding. -The destroyer’s ...

Britain and Germany have also been trialing similar systems.

When the U.S. Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford deployed for the first time in October 2022, analysts expressed concern that the $13.3 billion behemoth was dead on ...

The US military has assembled a massive collection of weapons systems in the Middle East in the midst of ongoing diplomatic negotiations between the US and Iran, flooding ships and aircraft to nearby ...

The Advanced Emission Suppression Missile (AESM) - Enhanced Capabilities should be fieldable within two years with a ...

The Engineering Test Facility will provide space for prototyping, and development, of flight hardware elements of the next ...

The US Navy (USN) and RTX Raytheon have been evaluating new mission sets for the Mk 58 Compact Rapid Attack Weapon (CRAW). Currently transitioning from prototype to an operationally ready system, the ...

The biggest reason for the lag in development of an operational onboard laser system for US Navy (USN) ships likely has more ...

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...