PARIS — NASA is investing $230 million in an experiment to test laser optical communications between a geostationary-orbiting satellite and a NASA ground terminal in the United States in an unusual ...

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In an exclusive video interview with Coherent, the goggle-eyed boffins behind the laser TV gave SlashGear a brief run-down of just why the future of big-screen entertainment might leave lamps behind.

WASHINGTON — A new laser communications demonstration satellite that the U.S. Air Force may pursue would pick up one of the primary missions that was abandoned when the service’s Transformational ...

Sony Space Communications Corp. and Astro Digital signed a contract to design, manufacture and launch two microsatellites that will demonstrate intersatellite laser communications. The satellites are ...

(CNN) -- The use of invisible lasers in space may sound like something from science fiction, but it's real. NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration could revolutionize the way the agency ...

The US Air Force awarded a $39 million contract to Northrop Grumman to develop the laser beam control portion of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s podded electric laser concept for fifth- and ...

EOS' counter-space laser system draws on its 150 kW-class laser technology. Credit: EOS LONDON—Electro Optic Systems (EOS) is looking to demonstrate a new high-power laser system capable of burning ...

NASA has launched a new laser relay satellite that will use optical links to send data to ground stations on Earth. Having blasted off from Cape Canaveral early on December 7, the rocket's upper stage ...

The US Air Force has started preparing to rapidly stage a demonstration of a highly mature laser weapon system (LWS) for an unspecified “airborne vehicle”, with the potential for a follow-on ...