Featured in MicrowaveBYBrett TingleyJan 7, 2022ShareThe Navy Is Betting Big On High-Power Microwave WeaponsLasers dominate discussions about U.S. Navy directed energy weapons, but the service formed a new office devoted to systems that fire microwave beams. BYBrett TingleyJan 7, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJul 26, 2021ShareJet-Powered Coyote Drone Defeats Swarm In Army TestsRaytheon claims the Army used an unspecified “non-kinetic effector” aboard one of its Coyote drones to take down a swarm of ten hostile UAVs. BYBrett TingleyJul 26, 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 30, 2020ShareWe Talk To The Scientist Whose Revolutionary Power Beaming Experiment Is Flying On The X-37BHarvesting solar energy from space has been a topic of research for decades. The Naval Research Lab now has a plan to beam that energy down to Earth. BYBrett TingleyJul 30, 2020ShareBYBrett TingleyMay 13, 2020ShareX-37B Space Plane’s Microwave Power Beam Experiment Is A Way Bigger Deal Than It SeemsWhen the X-37B launches on May 16, it will carry a technology that could eventually allow drones to stay aloft indefinitely anywhere on the globe. BYBrett TingleyMay 13, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 25, 2018ShareThe Pentagon Wants To Stop Marauding Vehicles With High-Powered Microwave BeamsThe Radio Frequency Vehicle Stopper could offer a way to halt threatening cars, trucks, and even boats, without causing any permanent damage. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 25, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 19, 2018ShareAre High-Powered Microwave Close-In Weapon Systems Destined For US Navy Ships?Being able to zap the electronics of incoming boats, aircraft, drones, and missiles is clearly an attractive if not game-changing naval capability. BYTyler RogowayJan 19, 2018ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickDec 8, 2017ShareCould Microwave Cruise Missiles or F-35s Really Stop North Korean Missile Tests?Two very questionable proposals for stopping North Korean missiles made the media rounds this week, and both are pretty much crap. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickDec 8, 2017Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 7, 2022ShareThe Navy Is Betting Big On High-Power Microwave WeaponsLasers dominate discussions about U.S. Navy directed energy weapons, but the service formed a new office devoted to systems that fire microwave beams. BYBrett TingleyJan 7, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJul 26, 2021ShareJet-Powered Coyote Drone Defeats Swarm In Army TestsRaytheon claims the Army used an unspecified “non-kinetic effector” aboard one of its Coyote drones to take down a swarm of ten hostile UAVs. BYBrett TingleyJul 26, 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 30, 2020ShareWe Talk To The Scientist Whose Revolutionary Power Beaming Experiment Is Flying On The X-37BHarvesting solar energy from space has been a topic of research for decades. The Naval Research Lab now has a plan to beam that energy down to Earth. BYBrett TingleyJul 30, 2020Share
BYBrett TingleyMay 13, 2020ShareX-37B Space Plane’s Microwave Power Beam Experiment Is A Way Bigger Deal Than It SeemsWhen the X-37B launches on May 16, it will carry a technology that could eventually allow drones to stay aloft indefinitely anywhere on the globe. BYBrett TingleyMay 13, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 25, 2018ShareThe Pentagon Wants To Stop Marauding Vehicles With High-Powered Microwave BeamsThe Radio Frequency Vehicle Stopper could offer a way to halt threatening cars, trucks, and even boats, without causing any permanent damage. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 25, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 19, 2018ShareAre High-Powered Microwave Close-In Weapon Systems Destined For US Navy Ships?Being able to zap the electronics of incoming boats, aircraft, drones, and missiles is clearly an attractive if not game-changing naval capability. BYTyler RogowayJan 19, 2018Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickDec 8, 2017ShareCould Microwave Cruise Missiles or F-35s Really Stop North Korean Missile Tests?Two very questionable proposals for stopping North Korean missiles made the media rounds this week, and both are pretty much crap. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickDec 8, 2017Share
