Researchers are developing a method to recharge drones mid-flight using laser beams directed at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Portland test-fires a laser weapon. The photo captured infrared light to make the beam visible. Staff Sgt. Donald ...

Drones should be able to stay in the air uninterrupted for as long as possible. With laser light, researchers want to supply ...

Laser drone charging has reached a new efficiency record: a Chinese research team's drone-mounted receiver converts laser ...

Attalon’s new connector lets troops swap out damaged laser amplifiers in minutes, solving a mundane maintenance problem that has kept high-energy weapons from being deployed at scale. This article is ...

With a powerful laser zap, scientists have blasted toward a milestone for nuclear fusion. A fusion experiment at the world’s biggest laser facility released 1.3 million joules of energy, coming close ...

Laser ion acceleration uses intense laser flashes to heat electrons of a solid to enormous temperatures and propel these charged particles to extreme speeds. These have recently gained traction for ...

Pentagon directed energy plan was delivered internally in the fall of 2017 and will be fully completed by early 2018. This will be an update to a roadmap made in 2015. They will be creating a detailed ...

The Office of Naval Research highlights the results of some laser weapon tests, showing the damage that its in-development Solid State Laser- Technology Maturation system did to various unmanned ...

With the promise of unlimited energy, Xcimer has raised over US$100 million from investors and the US Department of Energy to develop a high-energy laser system that's intended for use in a practical ...