If you look closely at the rear deck of the JS Asuka, you’ll spot something new. That innocent-looking dome looks like a GPS ...
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 ...
Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy has forward-deployed the laser-armed destroyer USS Preble in Japan since October 2024. The 60-kilowatt weapon—High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and ...
The high-power laser weapon is installed on the 6,200-ton test ship JS Asuka and will undergo sea trials in real maritime ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A converted Boeing Co 747 equipped with a powerful laser failed to shoot down a mock enemy ballistic missile, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said on Thursday, the ...
A Boeing 747 jumbo jet outfitted with a massive laser gun failed to knock out a dummy missile over the Pacific Ocean, marking the second consecutive setback for a key missile defense program that is ...