MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. -- A recent Public Health audit of Madigan's laser safety program resulted in it being lauded as the best of its kind across Army Medicine.

Ever since the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER) was invented in 1958, science fiction has depicted them as all-powerful weapons of war. For most of the laser's history, ...

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va., ― A counter-drone laser in use by the Army was on display here this week, giving Marines a glimpse at how they might melt drones soon. The Compact Laser Weapon System, ...

Scientists in the United States were forced to pause the development of an advanced ultrafast laser technology that could have been useful for national defense and a host of civilian applications.

Modifications to Air Force Special Operations Command's (AFSOC) fleet of AC-130 gunships means that even if a planned August test of the new Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) system aboard an AC-130J ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A program at the University of Rochester has been named a finalist in a national innovation competition. STELLAR, which stands for “Science, Technology, and Engineering of ...

The KC-135 Stratotanker is the Air Force's oldest refueling tanker. It might be getting a laser weapon soon. (Terry L. Atwell/U.S. Air National Guard) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is on a path to ...

Representatives from the Purdue Applied Research Institute’s LASER PULSE program traveled to Vietnam this summer to meet with three research teams working on air or water pollution projects. Led by ...

The Department Of Energy (DOE) proposes to shut down the Omega laser which was first built to help achieve fusion. A ‘three-year rampdown’ plan for the laser has been initiated and eventually the ...