HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) program plans to conduct two key test events by year's end, according to a program official. One event, which will occur on ...

The MDA's Airborne Laser Test Bed's (ALTB) final take off on Feb. 14, 2012 from Edwards Air Force Base, California, before its transition into long-term storage at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and ...

Modifications to Air Force Special Operations Command's (AFSOC) fleet of AC-130 gunships means that even if a planned August test of the new Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) system aboard an AC-130J ...

Beam Control/Fire Control system will aim and fire a high-energy laser at a target missile in its boost phase. Raytheon conducted a “first light” test of the Track Illuminator Laser (TILL) one week ...

CEO Scott H. Keeney opened the call by highlighting a strong quarter for nLIGHT, with revenue, gross margin, and adjusted EBITDA all ahead of expectations. He stated that "results were primarily ...

The Pentagon’s push to field laser weapons has shifted from laboratory curiosity to operational reality, with recent tests showing systems that can track, target, and disable threats in real time.

WASHINGTON — Mynaric selected a cybersecurity tool from Redwire and BigBear.ai for an inter-satellite laser communications terminal it is developing for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, ...