Meet the Pike, a 17-inch-long, laser-guided munition that Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems is developing on its own dime in hopes the U.S. Army and perhaps other allied armies will buy it.

The Real Workhorses of Industrial Automation June 16, 2025 by Sam Francis Industrial automation is the unsung engine behind ...

Laser-guided rockets were responsible for 40% of recent Houthi drone kills, a top US commander said. Gen. Michael Kurilla told lawmakers Tuesday that F-16 and F-15 fighter jets fired the APKWS ...

In 2020, laser welding system market sales were valued at USD 2,356.4 million worldwide. The demand for laser welding systems increased 4.1% year over year (Y-o-Y) in 2024 and is expected to reach USD ...

A form nozzle encloses the welding area, preventing the escape of laser radiation. It is customized to the geometry of each workpiece to help ensure protection for operators without additional housing ...

Laser-guided rockets were responsible for 40% of recent Houthi drone kills, a top US commander said. Gen. Michael Kurilla told lawmakers Tuesday that F-16 and F-15 fighter jets fired the APKWS rockets ...

A US Air Force Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle in flight. The US has adapted ground-to-air laser-guided rockets for the F-15Es so they can be employed to destroy Houthi or Iranian drones.

The footage suggests the drones were shot down from distances greater than 0.8 miles, according to Ukrainian military news outlet Militarnyi. The report also claimed the laser is being operated by ...

As part of our series on the world that America made after World War II, NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author Christopher Leonard about the rise of the U.S. defense industry post-1945.

Afterwards, we will focus on the results of a laboratory study of the inception of a laser-guided positive leader from a 2-meter rod, placed on the ground plane of a 7-meter plane-plane gap. The ...

The sponsor of guided-missile destroyer Quentin Walsh, Madison Ann Zolper, strikes welding sparks into a keel plate inscribed with her initials. At left is BIW welder Eric Goldsmith.

Researchers have engineered a laser device smaller than a penny that they say could power everything from the LiDAR systems used in self-driving vehicles to gravitational wave detection, one of ...