nLight to showcase laser weapon solutions at 2026 World Defense Show

Yesterday morning, the company announced that it will “showcase a selection of its high-energy laser weapon solutions at the World Defense Show, February 8-12, 2026, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. At the World Defense Show, nLIGHT (LASR) will be showcasing a newly developed 70kW-class Laser Weapon System along with its 30kW and 10kW High-Energy Lasers (HELs). Leveraging 25 years of laser power scaling expertise and proprietary coherent beam combination technology, nLIGHT’s vertically integrated approach to HEL manufacturing – from semiconductor chip to fiber amplifier to beam combined laser – has consistently delivered industry-leading systems to the United States Department of War and the country’s allies for C-UAS, C-RAM and C-Missile missions across ground, naval, air and space domains.”