NAIROBI, Kenya – A ship-based laser tested by the Navy's research arm could put the heat on Somali pirates. The Navy for the first time last week successfully tested a solid-state high-energy laser ...
Japan has quietly crossed a threshold in naval warfare, installing a massive high-energy laser on a dedicated test ship and ...
Planned flight testing of a high-energy laser directed energy weapon on a U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider gunship has been pushed back again to next year. This once looked set to be the service's ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)’s planned Aug. 17 flight test of the Airborne Laser system was postponed when one of its cooling systems failed in preparation for the test, ...
Laser weapons small enough to fit aboard fighter jets could begin ground-based firing tests aimed at shooting down threats to U.S. military warplanes in 2014. The 150-kilowatt lasers would represent a ...
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. - Although they may transfer ownership of a facility, it is guaranteed that the command will not be a stranger for long. The High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility at White ...
A possible future of Army laser weapons is undergoing testing on White Sands Missile Range. The High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator, or HEL-MD, is a proof of concept weapon system designed to ...
A practice has purchased a new piece of scanning laser equipment (GDx) that is designed to help in the early detection of glaucoma. In the past, the practice always billed for a visual field and ...
Data from a recent integrated ground test of the Alpha high-energy laser, its beam director telescope and the associated beam alignment and correction system have provided the team developing the ...
The Model 2520 Pulsed Laser Diode Test System performs electrical characterization of laser diodes in either the chip/bar state or in finished products. According to its manufacturer, the 2520 is the ...
A new class of laser weapons 10 times smaller and lighter than current lasers of similar power could protect U.S. aircraft from ground-based threats Laser weapons small enough to fit aboard fighter ...