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Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about the Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser, a very special Boeing 747-400F built with a giant laser in the nose. The program was ...
Looking forward to a future where laser beams replace power lines, DAPRA's Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program has set new records for transmitting more power wirelessly over ...
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) said their helicopter was surveilling over Riverview when it was hit by a laser beam several times on Saturday, June 14.
Laser beam helps deter Canada geese at park in Pennsylvania A new high-tech method is keeping Canada geese away from Blawnox Community Park. Canada geese have been around western Pennsylvania for ...
Green means go, at least to the geese at Blawnox Community Park. Mayor Tony Gross said that for whatever reason, the borough’s new green laser system meant to shoo geese is working like a ...
WTF?! We're now living in times when a YouTuber is able to build what is apparently the world's strongest handheld laser. The device is powerful enough to melt titanium, fracture diamond, weld ...
Israel's "Iron Beam" laser air defense system is being deployed in the field and offers the first cost-effective response to drone warfare.
What just happened? Israel says it has become the first country to use a laser-based defense system in a combat setting. The Israel Defense Forces announced that the technology was used against ...
The Iron Beam, along with its related offshoots, represents the most advanced operational laser across the globe. Israel’s laser technologies have already conducted successful interceptions ...
Israel has deployed laser weapons during its ongoing war to deflect “scores” of aerial attacks, including from drones, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. This is the first ...
By applying laser cooling techniques originally developed for atoms to a centimeter-scale torsional oscillator, we try to bridge the classical and quantum worlds.
The beam isn’t just powerful—it’s quite large. At its biggest, the laser pulse is one foot (0.3 meters) across and several feet long, according to the Michigan release.