The decision reflects challenges researchers encountered with making a continuous-wave beam capable of targeting a fast, hardened cruise missile.

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 ...

Gamepad controls make high-energy lasers easier for troops to learn and use. But as AI takes over targeting and tracking, the ...

Success can be attributed to the simplicity of its LTD system, allowing for easier operation by clients because it can be quickly removed and replaced in the field without requiring specialized tools ...

Ever since lasers were invented in 1960, defense contractors and servicemembers have dreamed of shooting things out of the sky with them. Lasers are used all the time in targeting, from the ...