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Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John Keller |
High-power laser on Avenger combat vehicle destroys IEDs in tests A laser weapon mounted on an Avenger combat vehicle destroyed 50 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) like those that kill U.S. service members in Iraq and Afghanistan during September testing, say officials of the Boeing Co., designer of the Avenger high-power laser.  |
National Defense February 2010 Jean & Wright |
Laser "Fizzles" IEDs, Rendering Them Harmless Boeing researchers have demonstrated that the company's laser weapon system can destroy improvised explosive devices while mounted to a combat vehicle.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 John McHale |
Laser Weapons, on Target The U.S. military and its partners from industry are meeting major milestones in various programs as they move closer to making laser weaponry a standard part of the U.S. arsenal.  |
Popular Mechanics November 13, 2007 Joe Pappalardo |
Boeing Tests Laser-Mounted Humvee as IED Hunter The roof-mounted laser can destroy explosive devices, and pretty much everything else, in it's path.  |
National Defense September 2011 Eric Beidel |
Lasers to Aid Machine Guns Aboard Ships Sailors soon may have a new weapon to use on the high seas, one that combines the precision of directed energy with the lethal power of a machine gun.  |
National Defense March 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Military May Be Souring On Laser Weapons The Pentagon's enthusiasm for laser weapons is not what it used to be.  |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2009 Rich Smith |
Boeing: Can't Join 'Em? Beat 'Em! Boeing may be top o' the heap in commercial airliners and military transports, and it may even do a decent job on helicopters. But when it comes to the next big thing in aeronautics -- unmanned aerial vehicles the company's looking like a bit of an also-ran.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 John McHale |
Laser Weapons Are Getting Closer to Reality U.S. Department of Defense experts are close to fielding the Airborne Laser (ABL) for missile defense and several other high-energy laser weapons programs received new funding this year.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 |
C-130-Based High-Energy Laser Weapon Defeats Ground Target in Flight Test Laser weapons experts from Boeing and the U.S. Air Force defeated a ground target from the air with the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John McHale |
Laser Weapons: Moving From Promise to Performance The military's laser weapons programs are making steady progress in their transition from the laboratory to the battlefield, with deployment of initial systems expected within the next three to five years.  |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2009 Rich Smith |
Boeing Builds a Laser Tank The Force is strong with this one.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 John Keller |
Military laser weapon research aims at defending U.S. Navy ships at sea U.S. Navy researchers are asking two U.S. defense contractors to develop military laser prototypes of a future laser weapon of megawatt power to defend warships at sea from future maritime threats.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006 |
Air Force seeks to improve battlefield logistics with recycled laser fuel This achievement removes the need to dispose of used fuel, and will substantially improve warfighting logistics, says the Air Force project officer on the program.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 |
Laser Weapons Are Here: ATL Test Shows Ability to Attack Moving Targets Effectively From the Air The U.S. Air Force's experimental Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) hit and damaged a moving vehicle in late September in a test that demonstrated for the first time the laser weapon's ability to attack moving targets effectively.  |
Popular Mechanics February 3, 2009 Erik Sofge |
Killer Lasers Work, but Are They the Best Defense Against UAVs? Last week, Boeing announced that its Laser Avenger system had shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a one-kilowatt laser. Are energy weapons becoming preferable to an old-fashioned bullet or bomb?  |
Popular Mechanics August 13, 2008 Erik Sofge |
Hitting Mark, New Boeing Sniper Aims to Ease Violence From Air Boeing announced today that its Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) -- a C-130 cargo plane fitted with a chemical laser turret -- has successfully fired at a ground target.  |
National Defense August 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Navy Aiming for Laser Weapons at Sea The Navy expects to incorporate lasers onto most ship classes in its surface fleet, including amphibious ships, cruisers and destroyers.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Weapons at the Speed of Light Laser weaponry will be a tool in the U.S. military's arsenal much sooner than many think, with the first applications for missile defense from the ground and the air.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 |
Laser weapons slowly shifting from science fiction to reality During the exercise, called Advanced Concepts Event or ACE, pilots used the newly developed laser-armed F-16 simulator to prepare for aerial combat once laser weapons become available.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2006 John McHale |
Airborne Laser completes laser ground tests During the tests, experts demonstrated lasing duration and power at levels suitable to destroy several classes of ballistic missiles, Boeing officials say.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 |
ABL High-Power Laser Weapon Moves Toward Missile Shoot-Down Demonstration Missile defense experts fired the high-power laser aboard the Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft in flight for the first time in August, to move the airborne military laser closer to an actual missile shoot-down demonstration.  |
Popular Mechanics July 22, 2008 Erik Sofge |
Laser Truck Inches Closer to Iraq Battlefield: Exclusive First Look The Army is one step closer to getting what can only be described as a laser truck - one capable of disabling incoming rounds.  |
Popular Mechanics October 6, 2008 Erik Sofge |
Robotic Mirror Fleet May Boost Boeing's Airborne Laser Accuracy In the history of comic books, rarely has a mastermind come up with a weapon quite as unabashedly cool as the Airborne Laser.  |
National Defense August 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Laser Weapons: Laboratory Toys or Imminent Battlefield Systems? Clearing the hurdles will be a challenge, given the tough economic climate and the uncertainty of future warfare needs in the Defense Department.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 John Keller |
Northrop Grumman shoots 27-kw beam of light for 350 seconds from solid-state laser Potential uses include protective and strike capabilities for ships, manned and unmanned aircraft, and ground vehicles.  |
National Defense April 2007 Robert H. Williams |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Refueling Accomplished The Air Research Laboratory and Boeing's Phantom Works have demonstrated that unmanned aerial vehicles can be refueled in the air.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John Keller |
Northrop Grumman readies laser-based anti-missile system for operational deployment One Skyguard system can provide a protective shield of about six miles in diameter to defend deployed forces, a large military installation, a large civilian population, or industrial area, Northrop Grumman officials say.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
Aided by Electronics It is a busy time for technology companies and defense organizations in the electronic warfare and signals intelligence industry.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005 John McHale |
Chasing the goal of an efficient battlefield laser U.S. DoD researchers aim to develop small lasers for use in tactical air missions. The engineering challenge has been taken up by contractors including Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin.  |
National Defense August 2014 Dan Parsons |
Lasers Could Become Cost Effective Missile Defense Weapons The U.S. military invests more money than any other country, but its expensive high-tech defenses are increasingly countered by the proliferation of relatively cheap but effective weapons.  |
Popular Mechanics July 8, 2009 Erik Sofge |
Experts See Divergent Futures for Boeing's Two Flying Lasers Although rumors of its death have been greatly exaggerated, the embattled, multibillion-dollar Airborne Laser is fighting for its life.  |
National Defense June 2013 Dan Parsons |
Energy Weapons: The Next Gunpowder? The U.S. military has been investigating and investing in solid-state lasers and other directed energy weapons for half a century. All that work has finally paid off, as the Navy is set to deploy the first laser small enough to fit on a ship.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 |
Northrop Grumman Solid-State Laser Intended for Several Kinds of Military Missions Scientists at the Northrop Grumman Space Technology segment are developing a high-energy, solid-state laser called Vesta that company officials claim is powerful enough to perform many basic military missions.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2007 Courtney Howard |
Ionatron Forms Laser Group to Focus on Military, Aerospace, and Security Applications The company has established an organization to build specialty lasers for military, aerospace, and security applications  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2009 |
Northrop Grumman-built laser demonstrates long-duration, lethal lasing onboard Airborne Laser aircraft Test settings can be used for future testing, including the planned shootdown of a ballistic missile with laser weapons scheduled to occur later in the year, according to company officials.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010 John McHale |
U.S. Army Selects Northrop Grumman 100-Kilowatt, Solid-State Laser for Field Tests A solid-state laser system from Northrop Grumman Corp. which produces a powerful beam from a continuous-wave, electric laser is joining other speed-of-light weapons for field tests at the Army's High Energy Laser System Test Facility (HELSTF)  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006 John McHale |
Future weapons: Solid-state lasers Industry and military scientists are moving forward in the quest to develop solid-state lasers for use as weapons by warfighters of the future.  |
The Motley Fool November 15, 2004 Rich Smith |
Boeing Wields a New Laser According to a Pentagon announcement, the company successfully tests an in-flight anti-missile weapon.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 John McHale |
Boeing Airborne Laser team begins weapon system flight tests But the Obama Administration has proposed cancelling the ABL program. Congress will consider this proposal this summer and fall.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2004 |
Test Moves Missile-Defense Laser Program Closer to Deployment The future U.S. Airborne Laser system took another step forward last month when modules of the system's megawatt-class chemical oxygen-iodine laser were test fired for the first time while linked together as one unit.  |
Popular Mechanics October 1, 2009 Tyghe Trimble |
Advanced Tactical Laser Blasts a Stationary Target (With Video!) For years, the Pentagon's research budget has funded not one, but two planes armed with laser turrets.  |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2007 Rich Smith |
Star Wars Lite Two and a half years after they brought you the world's first airborne ray gun, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman still have a few kinks to work out. But how should investors view recent governmental funding cuts?  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 |
Laser Designator Electro-Optical Sensor to be Restored by Northrop Grumman Military laser experts at the Northrop Grumman Laser Systems are restoring and refurbishing U.S. Army laser systems that can recognize and designate targets for laser guided munitions.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006 |
BAE Systems Enters Market for Ground-Based Laser Warning Sensors The BAE Systems Sensor Integration segment in Austin, Texas, is jumping into the market for ground-based laser warning sensors to provide ground crews and vehicles with improved situational awareness and protection against laser-designated and laser-guided weapons.  |
The Motley Fool October 14, 2009 Rich Smith |
Boeing Is a Jedi Master Boeing has successfully fired the Advanced Tactical Laser from an in-flight Boeing C-130.  |
National Defense July 2015 Ariel Robinson |
Directed Energy Weapons: Will They Ever Be Ready? Despite promising test results and decades of research and development, it could be many more years before the military is ready to bring directed energy weapons into the mainstream.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 |
Northrop Grumman Test Fires Powerful, Continuously Pulsed Illuminator Laser A new diode-pumped solid-state, next-generation illuminator laser developed delivered multikilowatt output power while operating at 5,000 pulses per second during recent tests, company officials reported.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008 |
In Brief Boeing to continue developing mobile laser weapon... Lockheed Martin awarded $8.9 million thermal camera contract... General Dynamics to acquire Jet Aviation for $2.25 billion... etc.  |
National Defense August 2012 Eric Beidel |
Search Continues For Driverless Convoy Vehicles The Pentagon has hit some stumbling blocks in its efforts to develop unmanned vehicles, but officials still have hopes of deploying a range of systems that can trick enemy fighters and keep troops safe from improvised explosive devices.  |
National Defense October 2005 Andrea Pinchak |
Air Force Research Targets Insurgents' Bombs The Air Force Research Laboratory has developed and delivered "Bom Bots," small, remotely controlled robots that disable and dispose of roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices used by insurgents.  |