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Defense Company Markets Laser Weapon to Battle Pirates

Ships sailing through areas known for pirate attacks might soon have a new weapon in their arsenal: lasers that could target the attackers and keep them at bay. It's not a death ray meant to vaporize attackers but rather a low-powered laser designed to temporarily blind and disorient potential aggressors, like pirates,...

New Laser Weapon Blasts Spy Drones Out of the Sky

(July 19) -- A U.S. defense company wants to take drone wars to a new level with a laser weapon capable of shooting down unmanned aircraft. Raytheon today touted its new weapon, which brought down four drones over the Pacific Ocean during tests conducted with the U.S. Navy this spring. "One of the Navy's problems is that...

Next Step for U.S. Military Drones: Lasers?

Northrop Grumman One of Northrop Grunman's unmanned aerial vehicles, the RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk. Unmanned aerial vehicles have been used to spy on terrorists, track insurgents, and even to hunt down and kill al-Qaida leaders hiding in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Now, a Pentagon research and development arm is looking...

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06/01/12 Video Pickup Positioning Label Laser Cutter by Etlaser Source: PRWeb (PRWEB) June 01, 2012 Etlaser always carries out deep and continuous research and developments in textile, embroidery and trademark industry.
06/01/12 II-VI Incorporated Announces Share Repurchase Program Source: Military & Aerospace Electronics VI Incorporated (Nasdaq:IIVI) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to purchase up to $25 million of its Common Stock.
05/31/12 This laser can tell whether you've eaten your... Source: DVICE Do you eat enough fruits and vegetables?
05/31/12 X-Ray Laser Probes Biomolecules to Individual Atoms Source: ScienceDaily ScienceDaily (May 31, 2012) An international team led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has proved how the world's most powerful X-ray laser can assist in cracking the structures of biomolecules, and in the processes helped to pioneer critical new investigative avenues in biology.
05/31/12 MVIS gets POs in Excess of $4M from Pioneer Source: Agoracom MicroVision, Inc. (MVIS), a leader in innovative ultra-miniature projection display technology, today announced that it has received purchase orders from Pioneer Corporation valued in excess of $4 million.

Background on Lasers

A laser is a device that emits light (electromagnetic radiation) through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons.

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