Eastern Iran faces an agricultural crisis as Moroccan locusts descend, destroying crops and pasture while authorities race to contain the swarms. A swarm of Moroccan locusts is wreaking havoc upon ...

The Department of Primary Industries and Regions has finished surveying a potential locust outbreak in South Australia's Riverland region, after swarms were reported in late April. It has been more ...

Laser weapons reached a new milestone as the US Navy tested the AeroVironment (AV) LOCUST Laser Weapon System (LWS) aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush (CVN-77), notching up a 100% ...

AeroVironment says its Locust laser weapon to counter drones has undergone naval trials. The system deployed in a palletized form on the CVN 77 USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier last year. It ...

Exclusive-AeroVironment's LOCUST Counter-Drone Laser Used by US Army Near El Paso Airport, Sources Say By David Jeans and Mike Stone WASHINGTON, Feb ⁠11 (Reuters) - ⁠The U.S. Army deployed ...

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Locust swarms can wipe out crops across entire regions, threatening food supplies and livelihoods. Now, scientists working with farmers in Senegal have shown that improving soil health can ...

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The takeaway: The US Army's latest counter-drone weapon works less like a missile and more like a bug zapper. Mounted on tactical vehicles, the Locust laser reflects how directed-energy systems have ...

Laser weapons go mobile as the US Army takes delivery of two 20-kW, anti-drone Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted Laser-Oriented Counter-UAS System (LOCUST) Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) from ...

Locust swarms have intensified in central west Queensland, destroying pasture. Experts say a plague is increasingly likely if there is enough rain over the next few months. The state and federal ...