The Terrain Commander from Textron Corporation provides the basis for the U.S. Army's unattended ground sensor (UGS) Future Combat Systems. The sensor assembly is equipped with a variety of optical, ...

At the Tayma Oasis in Saudi Arabia stands a rock split with uncanny precision—so sharp it looks like it was sliced by a laser. Is this a natural wonder… or evidence of a lost advanced civilization?

Tucson-area optics firm Geost has been supplying sensor systems for U.S. defense and intelligence satellites since its founding by a University of Arizona optics Ph.D. two decades ago. Now, Geost is ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

Ukraine has quietly moved a science fiction idea into the center of its war with Russia, revealing a homegrown laser weapon meant to slice through incoming drone swarms. Officials and engineers ...

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 LY-1 laser weapon, a ship-based air defense weapon, is seen displayed on top of trucks as part of a military parade in Beijing, China, Sept. 3, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Zhao Wenyu/China News ...