Featured in LaserBYJustin BronkDec 12, 2022ShareThe U.S. Navy Is Getting A Major Radar UpgradeSponsored Content: The AN/SPY-6 will equip all new U.S. Navy surface ships and will be back-fitted onto legacy ships to help counter growing threats. BYJustin BronkDec 12, 2022ShareBYJustin BronkJul 13, 2022ShareProduction-Standard Laser Air Defense Weapons To Equip Army This YearSponsored Content: Why Raytheon believes their high-energy laser weapons systems are now mature enough to transition from the science and technology world to regular battlefield use. BYJustin BronkJul 13, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickFeb 22, 2022ShareBeijing Scorns Australia’s Claim That P-8 Patrol Plane Was Targeted By Chinese Warship’s Laser (Updated)China now blames Australia for the lasing incident involving two Chinese warships and an Aussie P-8 Poseidon. BYThomas NewdickFeb 22, 2022ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2021ShareF-22 Raptor Covered In Mirror-Like Coating Photographed Flying Out Of Nellis AFBAn exotic test jet has been spotted wearing a similar coating in the past, but an F-22 wearing it is a major development. BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 25, 2021ShareCompetition To Build An Army Stryker That Zaps Drone Swarms Heats UpA Stryker armed with a high-power microwave weapon joins a field with two other designs equipped with turreted lasers. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 25, 2021ShareBYAdam KehoeOct 15, 2021ShareWere You Scanned By A Laser Beam From The Sky In California Recently? Here’s What Did It (Updated)The green laser shooting down from the sky may look like a scene out of Stranger Things, but it has a very down-to-earth purpose. BYAdam KehoeOct 15, 2021ShareBYBrett 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 TingleyJul 13, 2021ShareHere’s Our Best Look Yet At The Navy’s New Laser Dazzler SystemThe Navy’s Optical Dazzling Interdictor, or ODIN, was photographed installed on the USS Stockdale during a replenishment in the Pacific. BYBrett TingleyJul 13, 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, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 28, 2021ShareMysterious Black Towed Target Was Built To Support Airborne Laser TestsWe finally know for sure what the SR-71-looking, small, and sleek craft photographed at Kirtland AFB was intended to be used for. BYTyler RogowayMay 28, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2020ShareHow The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A RealityOne of Lockheed Martin’s top directed energy minds explains how breakthroughs in communications and industrial tech made laser weapons possible. BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2020ShareLaser Weapons On The Battlefield Of Tomorrow: Separating Fact From FictionOne of Lockheed’s top laser minds tells about the limits of current tech and what is needed to make lasers more prevalent on tomorrow’s battlefield. BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2020ShareBYBrett TingleyNov 27, 2020ShareBlasting The Air In Front Of Hypersonic Vehicles With Lasers Could Unlock Unprecedented SpeedsFor decades, the DoD has been researching a radical drag reduction technique that involves sheathing a vehicle in directed energy-induced plasma. BYBrett TingleyNov 27, 2020ShareBYRobert HopkinsNov 27, 2020ShareA Dozen Of The Most Unusual Variants Of The Ubiquitous KC-135 Family Of AircraftThe KC-135A Stratotanker has been reworked into many different configurations, some of which are bizarre, to accomplish a dizzying array of missions. BYRobert HopkinsNov 27, 2020ShareBYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayNov 12, 2020ShareThe Laser System Protecting The Capital Against Aerial Intruders Is Getting An UpgradeIt is a fairly obscure but critical component of the integrated air defense system that guards Washington, D.C. against aerial threats. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayNov 12, 2020ShareBYTyler 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, 2020Share12
BYJustin BronkDec 12, 2022ShareThe U.S. Navy Is Getting A Major Radar UpgradeSponsored Content: The AN/SPY-6 will equip all new U.S. Navy surface ships and will be back-fitted onto legacy ships to help counter growing threats. BYJustin BronkDec 12, 2022Share
BYJustin BronkJul 13, 2022ShareProduction-Standard Laser Air Defense Weapons To Equip Army This YearSponsored Content: Why Raytheon believes their high-energy laser weapons systems are now mature enough to transition from the science and technology world to regular battlefield use. BYJustin BronkJul 13, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickFeb 22, 2022ShareBeijing Scorns Australia’s Claim That P-8 Patrol Plane Was Targeted By Chinese Warship’s Laser (Updated)China now blames Australia for the lasing incident involving two Chinese warships and an Aussie P-8 Poseidon. BYThomas NewdickFeb 22, 2022Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2021ShareF-22 Raptor Covered In Mirror-Like Coating Photographed Flying Out Of Nellis AFBAn exotic test jet has been spotted wearing a similar coating in the past, but an F-22 wearing it is a major development. BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 25, 2021ShareCompetition To Build An Army Stryker That Zaps Drone Swarms Heats UpA Stryker armed with a high-power microwave weapon joins a field with two other designs equipped with turreted lasers. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 25, 2021Share
BYAdam KehoeOct 15, 2021ShareWere You Scanned By A Laser Beam From The Sky In California Recently? Here’s What Did It (Updated)The green laser shooting down from the sky may look like a scene out of Stranger Things, but it has a very down-to-earth purpose. BYAdam KehoeOct 15, 2021Share
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 TingleyJul 13, 2021ShareHere’s Our Best Look Yet At The Navy’s New Laser Dazzler SystemThe Navy’s Optical Dazzling Interdictor, or ODIN, was photographed installed on the USS Stockdale during a replenishment in the Pacific. BYBrett TingleyJul 13, 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
BYTyler RogowayMay 28, 2021ShareMysterious Black Towed Target Was Built To Support Airborne Laser TestsWe finally know for sure what the SR-71-looking, small, and sleek craft photographed at Kirtland AFB was intended to be used for. BYTyler RogowayMay 28, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2020ShareHow The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A RealityOne of Lockheed Martin’s top directed energy minds explains how breakthroughs in communications and industrial tech made laser weapons possible. BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2020ShareLaser Weapons On The Battlefield Of Tomorrow: Separating Fact From FictionOne of Lockheed’s top laser minds tells about the limits of current tech and what is needed to make lasers more prevalent on tomorrow’s battlefield. BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2020Share
BYBrett TingleyNov 27, 2020ShareBlasting The Air In Front Of Hypersonic Vehicles With Lasers Could Unlock Unprecedented SpeedsFor decades, the DoD has been researching a radical drag reduction technique that involves sheathing a vehicle in directed energy-induced plasma. BYBrett TingleyNov 27, 2020Share
BYRobert HopkinsNov 27, 2020ShareA Dozen Of The Most Unusual Variants Of The Ubiquitous KC-135 Family Of AircraftThe KC-135A Stratotanker has been reworked into many different configurations, some of which are bizarre, to accomplish a dizzying array of missions. BYRobert HopkinsNov 27, 2020Share
BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayNov 12, 2020ShareThe Laser System Protecting The Capital Against Aerial Intruders Is Getting An UpgradeIt is a fairly obscure but critical component of the integrated air defense system that guards Washington, D.C. against aerial threats. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayNov 12, 2020Share
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
