"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to eventually open interstellar distances to ...

However, the Iron Beam is not a “space laser”—it is a ground-based laser gun controlled by operators in a command center, which was demonstrated in a video published by the Wall Street ...

The undated image shows the U.S. Navy testing a weapon system known as HELIOS from the USS Preble destroyer in the middle of the ocean.

"Achieving the first inter-vendor, inter-layer laser link demonstrates the tangible value of open standards and collaborative efforts in rapidly achieving an integrated space architecture.