The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant ...

A Pentagon plan to use a high-energy, counter-drone laser without having coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration ...

Aviation officials shut down the airspace over El Paso after Customs and Border Protection officials fired a laser on loan from the Pentagon.

People familiar with the episode said the use of the technology was not coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned ...

All flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas have been canceled for “special security reasons,” the Federal Aviation Administration said early Wednesday.

Imagine a battlefield where missiles are intercepted mid-air with beams of light, drones are neutralized in seconds, and the cost of firing a weapon is measured in pennies rather than millions. This ...