Tag: laser weapons
US Air Force soon to receive first RADBO vehicles that use...
US Air Force will receive the first of 13 vehicles that use lasers to detonate and clear unexploded ordnance by fall this year.
US amphib USS Portland tests laser weapon in Gulf of Aden
US amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) carried out a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration while underway in the Gulf...
US Army buying 8 more laser M-SHORAD Strykers after combat shoot...
The US Army has announced plans to buy an additional eight Directed Energy Mobile Short-Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) vehicle prototypes through...
General Atomics, Boeing secure US Army deal for 300kW laser prototype
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing say they have secured a US Army contract to develop a 300kW-class solid state distributed...
UK MoD to test laser weapons on frigates, armored vehicles
Teams led by Raytheon and Thales received contracts worth around £72.5M to demonstrate laser weapons on a Type 23 frigate and a Wolfhound armored vehicle.
Destroyer boasting new dazzler laser joins US Navy’s Japan-based fleet
The first US Navy guided-missile destroyer to receive a new laser weapon system has joined the service's Japan-based 7th Fleet in Yokosuka.
US Air Force begins wind tunnel tests for laser weapon pods
The US Air Force is also working on a subscale model of an F-15 aircraft that would have the ability to support laser pod tests.
Israel tests airborne laser system for anti-air defense
The airborne, high-power laser system neutralized several drones at ranges of over 1 kilometer during the first phase of the program.
Here’s how US Air Force’s THOR destroys drone swarms, in theory
The US Air Force developed the THOR directed energy weapon system to counter the increasing threat posed by enemy drones and other airborne threats.
US Army photonics research could improve lasers, communications
Researchers have been able to build two-dimensional arrays of closely packed micro-lasers that can collectively achieve higher power densities.
