In a significant move to bolster the United States’ missile defense capabilities, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has ...

In 2016, construction of the High Energy Laser Beam Control Research Testbed (HBCRT) was completed by the NPS research team.

SpaceX, the leader in launching US spy and military satellites, has already launched missile-detection satellites for the ...

Carbon fiber is the most valuable and highest performing fiber in the composites industry. Its application in existing and ...

The building site measures some 4km across, and dispersing the facility over a wider area ... that house laser bays, as well as a central experimental bay likely containing a target chamber with ...

The image published in an annual Navy report shows the High Energy Laser on USS Preble being tested on a drone target.

The High Energy ... Defense would also require new specialized test and training ranges to continue testing HELIOS. The United Kingdom has also been developing its own laser-based defense system.

The U.S. Navy has successfully tested its cutting-edge laser weapon system, HELIOS (High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical ...

The demo aimed "to verify and validate the functionality, performance, and capability of the HEL with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance system ... The HELIOS (High Energy Laser with ...

The Helios weapon, which uses a 60 kW high-energy laser that can engage targets at the speed of light, is an advanced directed energy system developed for the US by Lockheed Martin. It obliterates ...

The laser energy fuses the hydrogen together to create ... CNN contacted China’s Ministries of National Defense and of Science and Technology for comment but had not heard back at the time ...

The project is described as a “laser fusion ... of National Defense and of Science and Technology for comment but had not heard back at the time of publication. The level of energy unleashed ...