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The United States has selected three lasers and a microwave weapon to test drone defence using directed-energy weapons over the course of a year
10+ hour, 13+ min ago (182+ words) Tags: Military Drones - Military Technology - Premium Home » Defence News » Military Technology The objective is not simply to determine whether the weapons can destroy drones. That capability has already been demonstrated repeatedly. The question the programme is intended to answer is…...
Final extension—Don't miss your shot to enter LFW’s annual Innovators Awards
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (149+ words) Laser Focus World Final extension—Don't miss your shot to enter LFW’s annual Innovators Awards In case you missed it—and because enough of you requested it—we've extended our deadline for Laser Focus World's annual Innovators Awards until October…...
Researchers Use a Laser to Create a Plasma Beam Antenna (IMAGE)
5+ hour, 8+ min ago (56+ words) EurekAlert! Science News Releases Researchers have demonstrated a technique that uses a laser to produce a plasma beam antenna capable of transmitting radio waves. Prya Darshni, NC State University Credit must be given. More on this News Release Researchers successfully…...
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2026: Best stargazing deals on telescopes and binoculars
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Pentagon bets on lasers and microwaves to strengthen homeland drone defense
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (563+ words) The pilot will test lasers and microwaves in real-world settings to improve layered drone defenses and homeland protection. The US Defense Department has selected four companies for a pilot program to test directed-energy weapons for homeland defense. The initiative will…...
Meet America’s New Directed Energy Guardians
4+ hour, 26+ min ago (234+ words) America’s laser dome is gradually taking shape. The US military has selected four directed energy weapons to participate in a Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) 401 pilot program to “expand the operational use” of such novel capabilities “across the homeland,” the…...
Smart scopes are amazing. Here’s why I love mine
5+ hour, 8+ min ago (512+ words) Unlike a telescope — where you look through with an eyepiece — a smart telescope is more of a camera. You (generally) can’t observe directly with it. Plus you run the smart scope with an app on your phone or tablet. It…...
Photon density of states engineering in 3D photonic crystals via generative design of metasurface-enabled holographic lithography
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (611+ words) Comparison of the pDOS enhancement achieved by GAN-generated samples and dataset samples across the studied normalized frequency range from 0.45 to 0.69 and corresponding volume fraction distribution. Horizontal lines give the peak normalized pDOS reached at the red edge of the inverse…...
US picks laser, microwave weapons against drones
8+ hour, 13+ min ago (311+ words) WASHINGTON: The United States Department of War has chosen four high-energy laser and high-powered microwave weapon systems for operational evaluation, marking a significant step as Washington seeks to broaden its capabilities in countering growing unmanned aerial vehicle threats targeting the…...
LightSolver Files U.S. Provisional Patent Application Expanding its Photonic Computing Platform to Advanced Scientific and Engineering Simulations
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