PowerLight Technologies, a leader in safe wireless power transfer, today announced the successful development and subsystem testing of its end-to-end laser power beaming system for Unmanned Aerial ...

Laser weapons go mobile as the US Army takes delivery of two 20-kW, anti-drone Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted Laser-Oriented Counter-UAS System (LOCUST) Laser Weapon Systems (LWS) from ...

Military researchers are now proving that drones do not always need to carry their own fuel or batteries. In recent tests, ...

A ground-based laser tracking system that could help to stem the accumulation of space debris is being developed in the UK. Devised by start-up company Lumi Space with the support of ESA and the UK ...

Perhaps optical tracking, LiDAR and laser targeting systems have evolved considerably since then. The team promoting the Photon Matrix product claims it incorporates "mandatory safety certification ...

The first operational high-power laser beam will be deployed this year, providing a cost-effective and rapid solution for drones and unmanned aerial vehicles. Israel will deploy its Iron Beam laser ...

In parallel, Japan has built a heavy-truck demonstrator with a 10-kilowatt-class laser for stopping small drones. Mitsubishi ...

A quadcopter drone burns after being hit by a laser weapon system at Camp Roberts, California, Feb. 6, 2025. (Dan Linehan/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Army aims to produce up to 20 high-energy laser weapons to ...

In an achievement never seen before, China has managed to do something that scientists across the world have been trying to solve for decades—send a laser beam all the way to the Moon and receive a ...