Astrolight will be testing its ATLAS-1 laser terminals in satellites close to Earth for smaller communications service providers.

The POLARIS laser terminal developed by Astrolight promises secure maritime communications despite hostile jamming efforts.

Pentagon directed energy plan was delivered internally in the fall of 2017 and will be fully completed by early 2018. This will be an update to a roadmap made in 2015. They will be creating a detailed ...

When it comes to power tools, generally speaking more watts is better. But as laser maestro [Martin Raynsford] shows, watts aren’t everything. He shares a brief video showing his older 100 W laser ...

The idea of using a particle or object's motion to detect RF isn't new, the first radio receivers used acoherer to detect radio waves. Metal filings completed a circuit when RF was present. A small ...

The UK's Ministry of Defence has ordered three laser and radio-frequency weapons demonstrators for the country's Armed Forces. Today's announcement promises £130 million (US$162 million) to test and ...

We think of optical lasers and microwaves as functioning in distinctly different regions and with disparate modes within the broad electromagnetic spectrum. However, it doesn’t have to be that way, as ...

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) says it plans to spend “up to” £130 million developing three new directed-energy weapons – including both laser and radio-frequency systems. According to the MOD, ...