Laser

A new non-lethal technology could be also used for lethal applications. The U.S. Marine Corps is developing a laser crowd control device which can...

One of the main limits on unmanned aircraft operations is endurance. Even the most efficient drones eventually have to land or return to base...

A technique for detecting enriched uranium with lasers could help regulators sniff out illicit nuclear activities from afar. Researchers from the University of Michigan...

Raytheon is testing a new laser-guided 155mm artillery shell which adds laser-designation to GPS guidance in order to provide more targeting options and better...

As modern warfare evolves, so do the technologies designed to protect military forces. In a significant development for air defense, UK Royal Army RAF...

Because laser weapons could fire constantly without wasting ammunition, military technology experts have theorized they could one day be useful in combating the small,...

The Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) that, combined with a navigational pod, makes up the latest version of the low-altitude navigation and targeting infrared...

The weaponization of small and cheap consumer drones, including dropping improvised explosive devices, has urged conventional armies to look for new countermeasures and rapidly...

The live training environment will be replaced with virtuals. The US Army wishes to trade the decades-old Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System, or MILES,...

The US Air Force has increased computer simulations and virtual testing for its laser-weapons program to accelerate development and prepare plans to arm fighter...

SpaceX’s latest Falcon 9 mission contained its first set of Starlink satellites capable of transmitting a signal from space directly to our smartphones, with...

Autonomous vehicles require a clear view of stationary and moving objects on or around it. Lidar is one of the driving forces that help...

Drones today are limited by a simple constraint: batteries. No matter how advanced the airframe or onboard sensors are, endurance remains capped by how...

General Atomics is to start testing a potentially revolutionary weapon: a 150-kilowatt class laser. It is not the only company developing laser weapons, however,...

While researchers are working on a powerful 100-kilowatt laser to shoot down drones, smaller, more scientifically manageable projects have already been fielded. In fact,...

Protection from aerial threats is critical for ships out at sea, being exposed to aerial assaults from any direction. Laser technology and its use...

Foldable structures are widely used in engineering because they can transform from compact flat sheets into larger three-dimensional forms. But most existing designs face...

Russia is reportedly deploying a new generation of AI-powered combat drones capable of GPS-independent navigation, machine vision, and long-range strikes, marking a step forward...

CGST is a Chinese satellite constellation company, and it has successfully sent high-speed data by laser from space to the ground. The company used one...

By ARIE EGOZI Will a dual use weapon system appeal to foreign customers of the Israeli defence industries? The industries hope that it does and can...

ELBIT and CONTROP are among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014 The iHLS technology desk...

Law enforcement officers’ work is becoming easier with the help of emerging technologies. Forensic laser systems are powerful lighting tools to help visualize forensic...