Laser gunship brings back the ball turret
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Boeing has mounted a high-energy laser weapons system into the belly of a C-130 aircraft. Watch for aerial tests next year in New Mexico.
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Unmanned aerial vehicles and other so-called "stand-off" weapons, whether currently used or in secret testing, belong to a developing high-tech arsenal that the U.S. military says will help minimize casualties as it battles insurgents.
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Lasers may be the weapon of choice for sci-fi movie heroes when the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance. But back here on Planet Earth, lasers are at the center of a movie battle of another kind: the one
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A Boeing Co.-led team has  successfully fired for the first time a powerful laser meant to  fly aboard a modified 747 as part of a U.S. ballistic missile  defense shield, officials said on Friday.
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Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta announced changes Wednesday to the way pilots report lasers being beamed at airplanes &#151; a response to a rash of such incidents in recent weeks.
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The company's original visionary returns to the helm.
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Submachine gun, check. Semiautomatic pistol, check. Personal digital assistant, check.
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The military shows its love for unmanned aerial vehicles.
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EMMELOORD, Netherlands  - Motorists nostalgic for the time they could sit tight while attendants braved windswept garage forecourts to fill their tanks may yet see those heady days return -- compliments of a Dutch robot.
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The company successfully tests an in-flight anti-missile weapon.
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Motorists nostalgic for the time they could sit tight while attendants braved windswept garage forecourts to fill their tanks may yet see those heady days return -- compliments of a Dutch robot.
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The space agency taps Lockheed Martin and MD Robotics to build robotic technology it may use to repair the ailing Hubble Space Telescope. By Amit Asaravala.
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Developed in Redondo Beach, the COIL passes first test firing of such a device meant to be airborne. By Muhammed El-Hasan. The government&#39;s plans to develop a missile defense shield received a boost this week
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Instead of using a chemical rocket, SMART-1 fires a stream of electrically charged atoms of Xenon gas. A similar idea was used by the makers of Star Trek as part of the Starship Enterprise&#39;s propulsion system.
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Hypersonic railgun slug breaks Mach 7 Video The US Navy's electromagnetic railgun project notched up a successful test yesterday. The radical new protoype weapon, operated by the the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, fired* shot a hypersonic aluminium slug at approximately Mach 7.5 to generate muzzle energy of 10.6 megajoules.â¦
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Good news, office warfare fans - the USB Missile Launcher is back, in a new, flashier wireless version that makes for the strategic siting of remote batteries.â¦
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Re-usable craft can carry a 0.5-kilogram payload up one kilometer in three seconds.