Weaponized lasers are no longer science fiction. Discover how Israel is taking its powerful air defense system airborne to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Focused Energy, a fusion power startup, has signed an agreement to secure two of the world's most powerful lasers, specifically ...

Defence scientists say the technology could threaten low Earth orbit satellite networks such as Starlink at an extremely low cost China's high-power microwave (HPM) weapons can deliver an output of up ...

The UK plans to arm its Type 45 destroyers with DragonFire lasers by 2027. Discover why this tech could change naval warfare ...

WASHINGTON — Pulse Space, a startup developing laser technology designed to transmit power and data between spacecraft, said it has won a $40 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to advance the ...

The age of laser weapons looks to have officially dawned. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems says that, for the first time in history, a high-energy laser system has been used to destroy multiple drone ...

Lumentum is evolving from a component supplier to a full system provider, moving up the optical stack and expanding its value ...

Earlier this summer, Israel made military history. Not with a missile, bomb or bullet — but with a beam of light. In a first for modern warfare, the Israel Defense Forces successfully intercepted ...

In a few picoseconds (trillionths of a second), a small, thin piece of copper momentarily becomes dense plasma, specifically a state called warm dense matter, warm being a relative term—the metal is ...

What if you held in your hand a device so powerful it could ignite wood in seconds, melt metals with ease, and even create synthetic rubies? The world’s strongest handheld laser, boasting a staggering ...