The Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to develop guided 57-millimeter cannon shells. The shells would equip guns on the Independence-class littoral combat ships and the new ...

The U.S. Navy has one working laser cannon. Now it wants a bigger one. On Oct. 22, the U.S. Office of Naval Research awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to begin developing a Laser Weapon System ...

As a technology journalist and editor at Futura, Sylvain covers a wide spectrum of topics—cybersecurity, the rise of electric vehicles, drones, space science and emerging technologies. Every day he ...

We’ve been keeping a close, close eye on the U.S. Navy’s Laser Weapons System since it first appeared, and the more we heard about it, the more we were impressed. This summer, one lucky ship will be ...

Wayward drones, rogue missiles, and hostile aircraft, beware: The U.S. Navy is getting a new laser cannon. Weighing in at perhaps 500 kilowatts in power output and bearing a $100 million-plus price ...