The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration plan to jointly test a high-energy laser weapon designed to shoot down ...

Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and the Federal Aviation Administration plan to test a high-energy laser designed to destroy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The schedule for long-planned flight testing of an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship with a laser directed energy weapon has slipped ...

iKier, an innovative player in the laser engraving and cutting sector, recently introduced its latest breakthrough: the K1 Pro Max 48W/24W Laser Power Switching Cutter and Engraver, hailed as the ...

According to Rheinmetall, the German Navy’s directed energy weapon can engage a wide range of targets, including guided missiles, rockets, and drone swarms. The German Navy is getting closer to having ...

The DragonFire system successfully shot down drones travelling at up to 650km/h at a range in Scotland, just as a £316m contract for its deployment on a Type 45 destroyer by 2027 was awarded. The ...

In a move that sounds like the wildest of science fiction, DARPA has announced its new Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program that plans to use lasers relayed by airborne platforms ...

Modern drones can fly exceptionally fast and for increasingly great distances, but flight time is still limited by battery life. PowerLight Technologies, an engineering firm in Washington state, has a ...

Designed for life science applications, the PLT5 488HB_EP cyan laser diode from ams OSRAM delivers 300 mW of output power at 488 nm. It offers five times the optical output and over 40% higher ...

The Creality Falcon A1 Pro arrived well-packaged with protective foam securing every component during shipping. The machine comes nearly fully assembled, requiring ...

Many hobbies seem to have a subset of participants who just can’t leave well enough alone. Think about hot rodders, who squeeze every bit of power out of engines they can, or PC overclockers, who ...