by Allen McDuffee | Mar 6, 2014 | Monitor
The Pentagon learned in August 2013 — when the U.S. came close to striking Syria over the Assad regime’s use of sarin gas — that it was woefully unprepared to face chemical or biological weapons on the battlefield. Now Darpa thinks it has a solution,...
by Allen McDuffee | Nov 1, 2013 | Monitor
The Pentagon this week edged closer to mounting missile-destroying lasers on unmanned and manned aircraft, awarding $26 million to defense contractors to develop the technology.
by Spencer Ackerman | Apr 8, 2013 | Monitor
The Navy just went 12-for-12 in shooting down spy drones and fast boats with a laser aboard a U.S. warship. It’s now all-in on making the era of laser weapons a reality.
by Robert Beckhusen | Apr 1, 2013 | Monitor
Here’s what the Air Force is preparing to spend $49 million discovering: how directed energy weapons can “identify critical biochemical or molecular changes.” Which could make for better weapons.
by Spencer Ackerman | Mar 28, 2013 | Monitor
How big is the Navy’s 2013 push for laser weapons? Its top scientists have announced an effort to stash laser weapons on Marine trucks that can shoot down small drones.