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PARIS — NASA is investing $230 million in an experiment to test laser optical communications between a geostationary-orbiting satellite and a NASA ground terminal in the United States in an unusual ...

In an exclusive video interview with Coherent, the goggle-eyed boffins behind the laser TV gave SlashGear a brief run-down of just why the future of big-screen entertainment might leave lamps behind.

Softbank also plans to fly a pilot cellular broadcast program in 2026 using Sceye's HAPS airship. Credit: Softbank Four Japanese companies plan a joint demonstration of laser communications between a ...

WASHINGTON — A new laser communications demonstration satellite that the U.S. Air Force may pursue would pick up one of the primary missions that was abandoned when the service’s Transformational ...

Sony Space Communications Corp. and Astro Digital signed a contract to design, manufacture and launch two microsatellites that will demonstrate intersatellite laser communications. The satellites are ...

The US Air Force awarded a $39 million contract to Northrop Grumman to develop the laser beam control portion of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s podded electric laser concept for fifth- and ...

The US Air Force has started preparing to rapidly stage a demonstration of a highly mature laser weapon system (LWS) for an unspecified “airborne vehicle”, with the potential for a follow-on ...

QinetiQ has conducted the world's first demonstration of an airborne unmanned platform controlled through a laser communication system, the company announced on 20 July. The demonstration involved an ...

High-power blue semiconductor lasers with clear advantages over established infrared systems for particular materials processing applications are now appearing in truly industrial formats, suggest new ...