DefenceTalkThe Beam Combined Fiber Laser is the Most Powerful Laser of Its Type Yet Demonstrated Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed the design, development and demonstration of a 60 kW-class beam combined fiber laser for the U.S. Army. In testing earlier this month, the Lockheed Martin laser produced a single beam of 58 kW, representing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-to-deliver-world-record-setting-60kw-laser-to-u-s-army-69517/

DefenceTalkDirected energy weapons have been on the Air Force’s horizon for decades. Defined as a device such as a high energy laser or a high power microwave developmental system, the Air Force has a 40-year history of demonstrating the lethality of directed energy. In the ’70s, an Air Force Research Laboratory team went from testing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/usaf-experts-say-lasers-can-increase-survivability-69339/

DefenceTalkSpectroDrone is the world’s first sensor system capable of detecting explosives, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and other chemical compounds from a safe, standoff distance. Following extensive testing in the laboratory and in the field, Laser Detect System (LDS) Ltd. is unveiling SpectroDrone – the world’s first drone-based explosive detection sensor. Utilizing LDS’ laser-based explosive detection […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lds-unveils-spectrodrone-to-find-explosives-68599/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth as much as $600 million to fulfill the growing demand for Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rockets. With an initial award of more than $130 million, the three-year, indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity contract will help speed the delivery of these precision guidance […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bae-systems-awarded-contract-for-apkws-laser-guided-rockets-68437/

DefenceTalkThe first qualified LOAM (Laser Obstacle Avoidance and Monitoring) system, developed and manufactured by Finmeccanica -Selex ES, is now on board an Italian Army NH90 TTH. The helicopter has just been delivered to the Italian Ministry of Defence. The validation activity was managed in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Defence’s Direzione Armamenti Aeronautici e […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-selex-es-anti-collision-laser-system-operational-on-italian-nh90-helicopter-65654/

DefenceTalkUS Navy officials are pinning their hopes on laser and directed-energy weapons, claiming that lasers would even replace some existing missile systems, providing a much higher rate of annihilation. The US Navy is considering the possibility to equip America’s next-generation aircraft carriers with powerful laser weapons, according to US journalist Zachary Keck, who has interned […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-plans-to-equip-next-generation-aircraft-carriers-with-laser-weapons-64629/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army and Air Force are working together to develop mine-resistant, ambush-protected, or MRAP, vehicles with laser technology. Before, when the military wanted to disable a bomb, highly-trained bomb disposal specialists wore body armor, protective suits or used robots to render an area safe. With lasers, operators can negate the threat of improvised explosive […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-air-force-take-bomb-disposal-to-new-level-with-lasers-64585/

DefenceTalkThe Army expects later this year to reach a Milestone B decision with its laser-based common infrared countermeasures, or CIRCM, defense system program. The CIRCM system, under development now by both BAE and Northrup Grumman, provides a light-weight, laser-based countermeasure against man-portable air defense systems, which are missile launched from the ground at their targets […]https://www.defencetalk.com/laser-based-aircraft-countermeasure-manpads-63682/

DefenceTalkARLINGTON, Va: Officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced today the laser weapon system (LaWS) – a cutting-edge weapon that brings significant new capabilities to America’s Sailors and Marines – was for the first time successfully deployed and operated aboard a naval vessel in the Persian Gulf. The operational demonstrations, which took place […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navy-shipboard-laser-operates-in-arabian-gulf-61130/

DefenceTalkMarking a first in space, Sentinel-1A and Alphasat have linked up by laser stretching almost 36 000 km across space to deliver images of Earth just moments after they were captured. This important step demonstrates the potential of Europe’s new space data highway to relay large volumes of data very quickly so that information from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/laser-link-offers-high-speed-delivery-61089/