Prototype laser air defense systems deployed by the U.S. Army have taken out enemy drones in the Middle East, an Army official told Forbes.

The US Navy combat laser program is getting stalled with $55 million per year for prototypes but no combat deployment. The US Navy does not want to start spending billions to deploy small numbers of ...

The AC-130's AHEL was thought to be a top candidate for the first operational airborne laser weapon, but that may no longer be the case.

Building a Chemical Laser Weapon Under fire, Airborne Laser program director confronts challenges of revolutionary weapons system ...

One of the biggest hurdles the superlaser program has faced is how to generate the minimum 100 kilowatts of power needed to turn the Free Electron Laser (FEL) from an annoying light to shine in ...

A recent Public Health audit of Madigan's laser safety program resulted in it being lauded as the best of its kind across Army Medicine.

The Navy plans to install a laser weapon prototype on a ship this summer for at-sea testing in the Persian Gulf.

In just one month’s time, the international photonics industry will gather in Munich, where LASER World of Photonics takes place from June 27th to 30th. Organizer Messe Munich has announced that the ...

LASER World of PHOTONICS, the world's leading trade fair, combines knowledge transfer and practical application Forum program and guided tours: Experts discuss trends in photonics Innovation Award ...

Boeing, the prime contractor for the program, and its partners, Northrop Grumman Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. began work in 1996 on the Airborne Laser, or ABL, a high energy laser that sits ...