The U.S. Navy has spent more than a decade testing shipboard laser weapons that can track and destroy drones, small boats, ...

The U.S. Army has walked away from its 300-kilowatt laser weapon program, the Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy ...

As manufacturers push the limits of power and digital integration, a distinct group of global leaders—the Top 10 Leading Laser Cutting Machine Manufacturers—has emerged to set the benchmarks for the ...

US Military #News - The Electromagnetic Dream For fifteen years, the electromagnetic railgun was the 'holy grail' of naval ...

Elbit Systems will develop laser weapons for the Israeli Air Force to be installed on fighter jets and military helicopters, ...

A new laser range-finding technique, inspired by quantum physics, that can measure distances under strong solar background ...

The researchers are now able to further increase the amplitude of the scan angle multiplier by making additional changes inside their invention. They have started a company, called Pacific Optica, to ...

The vacuum ultraviolet region is the area of the electromagnetic spectrum lying between X-rays and visible light. It is ...

High-energy lasers can burn drones in the sky like a blowtorch. But they can be stymied by weather, and making them at scale will be a challenge.

An overview of Pei Zhong’s work over the past several decades reveals how fundamental engineering research — often done far from the clinic — plays a critical role in shaping safer, more effective ...

Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new kind of vacuum ultraviolet laser that is 100 to 1,000 times more efficient than existing technologies of its kind. The ...

APL is developing a comprehensive suite of capabilities to ensure that additively manufactured parts can perform predictably ...