An engineer adjusts the beam-control optics that ride in the nose of the Airborne Laser Testbed, a modified Boeing 747-400F. The optics stabilize and shape the weapon laser’s beam as it is aimed ...

SHiELD is the second airborne laser weapon effort that the Air Force has scrapped in recent months. In March, Air Force Special Operations Command revealed that it had abandoned plans to mount an ...

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 ...

In any materials processing application production down time or poor yields can be very costly. When factoring the high cost of damage to optics within a laser system, ensuring smooth operation and ...

SURVEYING & MAPPING Laser Scanner With several integration options The VQ-840-G is a fully integrated compact airborne laser scanner designed for combined topographic and bathymetric airborne and ...

A California-based defense firm has confirmed the development of a laser weapon for the drone system. The airborne laser is being developed by General Atomics under a joint program with the U.S ...

Lasers used to guide lightning strikes to a safe target Lightning strikes flow along laser's path for tens of meters.

Perhaps the most precise method of guiding munitions to a target is with a laser device, ‘painting’ the target so that munitions can lock on and follow the beam. However, in order to do this, military ...

According to an unconfirmed report, Israel’s Iron Beam laser system shot down a rocket fired from Gaza within recent days or weeks. If true, it would a historic first.

This article talks about laser beam steering, along with when to use fast steering mirrors and galvo scanners.