The Army now has its first prototypes of vehicles that use lasers to track and shoot down aerial threats, including drones.

Modifications to Air Force Special Operations Command's (AFSOC) fleet of AC-130 gunships means that even if a planned August test of the new Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) system aboard an AC-130J ...

MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. -- A recent Public Health audit of Madigan's laser safety program resulted in it being lauded as the best of its kind across Army Medicine.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (Sept. 10, 2014) -- High-energy laser research has been ongoing since the 1960s. But the Army is now getting to the point where demonstration systems are shooting down mortars ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - The Army is continuing work on a potential new laser program at Redstone Arsenal that could eventually help defend U.S. troops on the battlefield. The U.S. Army Space and Missile ...

The KC-135 Stratotanker is the Air Force's oldest refueling tanker. It might be getting a laser weapon soon. (Terry L. Atwell/U.S. Air National Guard) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is on a path to ...

August 5, 2005 The Boeing Airborne Laser (ABL) team has completed flight testing of the system’s passive mission payload, moving the program through another phase of critical testing. This test event, ...

Since its invention in 1960, lasers have found their way into a wide range of uses – from the more commonly known applications seen in modern medicine, optical data drives and laser pointers, to ...

After a trial program, which was limited to 60 days and 12 FBI field offices, the FBI has expanded its lasing program nationwide to prevent debilitating injuries to pilots as a result of powerful ...

Northrop Grumman Corp. engineers working in secrecy at Edwards Air Force Base successfully tested a high-energy, chemical laser Wednesday, bolstering prospects for a controversial airborne missile ...