Any advance in laser tech has huge potential across a whole range of fields – from space comms to fusion power – and we just got a big one: ultra-short laser pulses of up to 100 megawatts, the most ...

A newly developed air defense laser has 100 percent of incoming threats during a new trial, the U.K. government has said, as several militaries forge ahead with efforts to get lasers operational ...

The system is developed by the Team Pellonia partnership. Credit: Jason Wells/Shutterstock. The UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) has completed live-fire trials of a new laser self-protection system designed ...