The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. If you’ve never seen a laser shoot an aircraft out of the sky, the experience can be unsettling. The weapon ...

The directed-energy variant of the M-SHORAD features a 50-kilowatt laser weapon system on a Stryker vehicle. (Jim Kendall/U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. − The U.S. Army is counting on funding in fiscal ...

The laser test needed to overcome major technical challenges posed by sunlight. interference. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Some of my earliest memories are of me “helping” my dad and my grandfather build an addition onto my grandparents’ home. There are pictures of me swinging a hammer while I was still in diapers. One of ...

An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships. The photo of ...

Ukraine military officials revealed the country’s new “Trident” laser air-defense weapon — which officials said can shoot down aircraft from more than a mile away and could be a game-changer in the ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Two SpaceX-built satellites successfully exchanged data using optical communications terminals in a milestone for the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA), the agency’s director Derek ...

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I first experienced the Lyma laser while lying prone on Ivan Pol’s facial bed. Pol, known as “The Beauty Sandwich” for his stacked method of caring for the skin, burnished the handheld laser en suite ...

WASHINGTON — The Space Systems Command (SSC) announced it has awarded contracts to four companies to develop prototypes for laser communication terminals, kicking off the first phase of a $100 million ...