11+ hour, 47+ min ago  (189+ words) The US Department of War has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin to develop a 500 kW high-power laser weapon to counter large UAVs and cruise missiles. Lockheed Martin is to develop a palletised 500 kW laser weapon to counter larger UAVs…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago  (369+ words) JLWS, run by the Pentagon’s research and engineering directorate under its Scaled Directed Energy initiative, buys containerized high-energy lasers designed to bolt onto ground vehicles and warships alike and deploy quickly to any theater. The first prototypes will generate roughly…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (320+ words) Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed pixels that can not only create images, but also analyse them. In the future, this could lead to the development of devices that function as camera and display at the same time. The coloured…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (183+ words) Technical Pathway for Room-Temperature Self-Powered Infrared Detection and AI Imaging Based on Nb/Ta-Te Charge Density Wave Materials.This work systematically investigates the one-dimensional (NbTe4, TaTe4) and two-dimensional (NbTe2, TaTe2) materials of the Nb/Ta-Te system for mid- and long-wave infrared detection. By leveraging their…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (261+ words) President's Message OPEN Space presents limitless possibilities for exploration, all of which push the boundaries of optical technology. I had the pleasure of growing up watching rocket and space shuttle launches. In fact, it was a NASA engineer who encouraged…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (778+ words) The world is in a very challenging place right now, with Russia and China challenging our world order. And they’ve been pretty good at doing that. Things are happening — they’re thinking about bigger conflicts or bigger ways to move that…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1733+ words) That is beginning to change. The Pentagon’s decision to award nLIGHT Defense and Lockheed Martin Aculight agreements worth an initial $86 million, with a combined program ceiling of $847 million, reflects an effort to turn high-energy laser prototypes into deployable weapons against…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (797+ words) Home - Military - Britain is shrinking its DragonFire laser to arm a Type 45 destroyer by 2027, and it would be a first no European NATO navy has reached Britain’s DragonFire laser is moving from test-range breakthrough to shipboard reality, and the next…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (63+ words) In a groundbreaking study set to revolutionize ultrafast laser technology, researchers have unveiled new insights into the effective Rabi frequency in semiconductor lasers, unlocking the potential for self-starting harmonic frequency combs. This innovative work paves the way for more compact,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (368+ words) The Department of Defense is investing millions of dollars in new laser weapons that can shoot down enemy drones and cruise missiles. Laser weapons are experimental, and the US has spent years developing the concept for land, air, and sea....