German defense electronics company Rohde & Schwarz is teaming up with manufacturing equipment provider Trumpf to target the growing counter-drone laser weapon market. Munich-based Rohde & Schwarz ...

A team from the Faculty of Physics and the Center for Quantum Optical Technologies at the University of Warsaw has developed a new type of all-optical radio receiver based on the fundamental ...

The UK defense ministry says it will invest in technology to detect lasers being aimed at spacecraft. The move comes at a time when many militaries are becoming increasingly concerned about threats to ...

MORPHO (Manufacturing, Overhaul, Repair for Prognosis Health Overreach) was a Horizon 2020 funded research project (September 2021 – January 2025) that aimed to optimize the manufacturing and life ...

The U.S. Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane is poised to launch to orbit once again. The X-37B is slated to lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Aug. 21 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in ...

In another example of science fiction moving closer to reality, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully transmitted 800 watts of power over a distance of more than five ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Patent Protection Reinforces Technology Leadership in AI-Driven Automatic Leak Detection Market SAN JOSE, Calif., July ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have pulled off a laser first: they built a new kind of eye-safe laser that works at room temperature, using a buried layer of glass-like material instead of ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully established a transmission-reception optical link with NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment onboard its Psyche mission, located 265 ...

Germany summoned the Chinese ambassador to the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday after saying China’s military had laser targeted a German aircraft taking part in an European Union operation in the Red Sea.

As space exploration efforts are increasing, and the scope of missions beyond the borders of our planet evolves, there is increasing need for new technologies. For instance, there is a dire need for ...

Looking forward to a future where laser beams replace power lines, DAPRA's Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program has set new records for transmitting more power wirelessly over ...