Coherent has extended the capabilities of its PowerMax series thermopile sensors to enable measurement of laser powers as high as 6 kW. The new PM1K+, PM3K+ and PM6K+ water-cooled, thermopile sensors ...

JK targets remote welding with 3 kW fiber laser 07 Dec 2012 UK-headquartered subsidiary of GSI Group also has plans to launch a 6 kW version next year.

UK based-firm TWI has been developing methods for laser tube-cutting for the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. They have now demonstrated a 5 kW fiber laser projector, configured rather like ...

The US Army has conducted a combined live-fire exercise integrating high-energy laser systems with kinetic air-defense assets.

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR), a leader in advanced laser processing solutions, today announced that it introduced its next-generation flat sheet ...

A California-based defense firm has confirmed the development of a laser weapon for the drone system. The airborne laser is being developed by General Atomics under a joint program with the U.S ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has entered the integration and test phase for the Joint High Power Solid State Laser (JHPSSL) Phase 3 program after exceeding all demonstration requirements ...

The Army will receive a platoon of four Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High Energy Laser (IFPC-HEL) laser weapons, dubbed "Valkyrie," from defense contractor Lockheed Martin.

Indeed, the delivery of the high-powered laser weapon follows a recent Navy demonstration “of full laser power in excess of the 60 kW requirement,” according to Lockheed Martin.

Teams at Lockheed Martin assert that laser weapons that are powerful enough to burst through two-inch steel (and are cheaper than current kinetic weapons) are now available.