Physicists at the UK’s Central Laser Facility have recorded the first observation of quantum radiation reaction, detecting ...

The Pentagon's counter-drone task force is set to test a high-energy laser system against drones at White Sands Missile Range ...

The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration have agreed to conduct anti-drone laser tests in New Mexico after the ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on June 13 completed the second flight test in seven days of its Airborne Laser in which the specially modified 747 aircraft used two of its onboard ...

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, ...

Lockheed Martin has delivered to the US Air Force its Airborne High Energy Laser system to be installed and tested on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship. The laser completed factory acceptance testing and ...

A research team at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed new laser technology that could lead to tiny, ...

The goal of the HELLADS (High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System ) program is to develop a 150 kilowatt (kW) laser weapon system that is ten times smaller and lighter than current lasers of ...