Lasers and AI: Inside Rafael’s vision of Israel’s future air defense
Yoav Tourgeman, the CEO and president of Rafael, told Breaking Defense that he’s not concerned about sales to Europe being heavily impacted by politics.
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RTX’s HELWS anti-drone laser weapon looking for new use cases
“Because of the size and weight of it, it’s relatively easy to move and fit to different platforms. And so that’s certainly been discussed a lot,” Raytheon exec Alex Rose-Parfitt told Breaking Defense.
Armed with lasers, Rafael to show off air defenses at Paris Airshow
Israeli firm Rafael will show off three different laser defenses at Le Bourget.
DefenseTech Weekly Brief
The first week of June 2025 marked significant defense technology milestones, including Ukraine’s 4,300km drone strikes, Israel’s operational laser weapon deployments, and major AI partnerships. Capital markets showed strong confidence with over $6 bil…
Israel has used ‘high-power lasers’ to down ‘scores’ of threats to homeland
Israel Defense Minister Israel Katz said that the new lasers will “change the rules of the game in the region — our enemies should fear, not only the capabilities we have already developed, but the capabilities we are developing now.”
Israel Achieves World’s First Operational Combat Laser Interceptions with Iron Beam
Israel has crossed a historic threshold by becoming the first nation to successfully deploy laser weapons in actual combat. During the Swords of Iron War, Israeli forces used Rafael’s high-energy laser systems to intercept enemy threats, marking the tr…
Army awards HII’s tech division contract to develop high-energy laser
The weapon is envisioned to protect Army bases and vehicles from small- to medium-sized drones.
US military receives laser air defense weapons
The U.S. Army has received the first four cutting-edge Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense, or DE M-SHORAD, prototype systems. According to a recent Army press release, the 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment at Fort Sill, h…
US Air Force gets new combat-ready laser weapon
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, an aerospace and defense company, on Tuesday announced that the U.S. Air Force has received its fourth combat-ready laser weapon. According to a press release from Raytheon, the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Ce…
Fascinating laser research projects you wish you thought of (Part 6 of 9): Cisco Optics Podcast Ep 40
Join us for Episode 40 of the Cisco Optics Podcast, where we continue our conversation with Juliet Gopinath, Professor of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering and Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder.