Featured in Airborne LaserBYBrett TingleyJan 26, 2022ShareThe Air Force Wants Laser Communication Pods To Securely Link Fighter Aircraft With SatellitesBeyond-line-of-sight laser communications are virtually immune to jamming and interception and can quickly transfer huge amounts of data. BYBrett TingleyJan 26, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJul 21, 2021ShareAir Force Directed Energy Report Argues Defensive Force Fields May Be “Just On The Horizon”The Air Force Research Laboratory argues that we’ve hit a tipping point with directed energy technologies, bringing many science fiction concepts closer to reality. BYBrett TingleyJul 21, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJun 21, 2021ShareIsrael Has Shot Down Drones With An Airborne High-Power LaserIsrael’s airborne laser program aims to add to its multi-layered air defense system that is increasingly tasked with countering low-end drone attacks. BYBrett TingleyJun 21, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickFeb 23, 2021ShareLaser Defense Pod For The Air Force’s Fighter Jets Is Finally Taking ShapeThe much-delayed SHiELD program is finally coming together, with official plans to deliver the finished demonstrator pod later this year. BYThomas NewdickFeb 23, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 27, 2020ShareScaled Composites’ Stealthy Test Jet Now Flying With Possible Laser Weapon ModificationsOne of the Model 401 demonstrators is now outfitted with a peculiar ventral pod that has a huge air intake and its own exhaust. BYTyler RogowayOct 27, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareMissile Defense Agency Seeking A High-Flying Drone For “Airborne Laser 2.0”You can think of the defunct YAL-1 as the “analogue” version of the Airborne Laser concept, with an unmanned high-flying drone sporting a solid state laser being the digital version. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2017ShareWhat Drone Will Lockheed Use For Its High-Flying Ballistic Missile Frying Laser Demo?The high-altitude unmanned test aircraft will supposedly lead to an operational system used to destroy ballistic missiles during their boost phase. BYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2017Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 26, 2022ShareThe Air Force Wants Laser Communication Pods To Securely Link Fighter Aircraft With SatellitesBeyond-line-of-sight laser communications are virtually immune to jamming and interception and can quickly transfer huge amounts of data. BYBrett TingleyJan 26, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJul 21, 2021ShareAir Force Directed Energy Report Argues Defensive Force Fields May Be “Just On The Horizon”The Air Force Research Laboratory argues that we’ve hit a tipping point with directed energy technologies, bringing many science fiction concepts closer to reality. BYBrett TingleyJul 21, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJun 21, 2021ShareIsrael Has Shot Down Drones With An Airborne High-Power LaserIsrael’s airborne laser program aims to add to its multi-layered air defense system that is increasingly tasked with countering low-end drone attacks. BYBrett TingleyJun 21, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickFeb 23, 2021ShareLaser Defense Pod For The Air Force’s Fighter Jets Is Finally Taking ShapeThe much-delayed SHiELD program is finally coming together, with official plans to deliver the finished demonstrator pod later this year. BYThomas NewdickFeb 23, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 27, 2020ShareScaled Composites’ Stealthy Test Jet Now Flying With Possible Laser Weapon ModificationsOne of the Model 401 demonstrators is now outfitted with a peculiar ventral pod that has a huge air intake and its own exhaust. BYTyler RogowayOct 27, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareMissile Defense Agency Seeking A High-Flying Drone For “Airborne Laser 2.0”You can think of the defunct YAL-1 as the “analogue” version of the Airborne Laser concept, with an unmanned high-flying drone sporting a solid state laser being the digital version. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2017ShareWhat Drone Will Lockheed Use For Its High-Flying Ballistic Missile Frying Laser Demo?The high-altitude unmanned test aircraft will supposedly lead to an operational system used to destroy ballistic missiles during their boost phase. BYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2017Share
