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 ...

Representatives from the Purdue Applied Research Institute’s LASER PULSE program traveled to Vietnam this summer to meet with three research teams working on air or water pollution projects. Led by ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) program plans to conduct two key test events by year's end, according to a program official. One event, which will occur on ...

Beam Control/Fire Control system will aim and fire a high-energy laser at a target missile in its boost phase. Raytheon conducted a “first light” test of the Track Illuminator Laser (TILL) one week ...

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) program plans to begin tests against medium- and long-range ballistic missile targets shortly after conducting its first intercept attempt in ...

Russia spent decades nurturing a secretive airborne laser program that promised to blind satellites and shield its forces from prying eyes. Now that rare jet, long touted as a symbol of high-tech ...

The US Navy combat laser program is getting stalled with $55 million per year for prototypes but no combat deployment. The US Navy does not want to start spending billions to deploy small numbers of ...