Airborne Laser passes target test
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The Pentagon's longtime work in progress fires its low-power systems successfully, Boeing says. But don't hold your breath waiting for the fully weaponized plane.
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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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The aerospace unit drives solid results.
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Driverless cars which use lasers to avoid obstacles are being tried out in a Northamptonshire town.
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WASHINGTON - Flight controllers at NASA&#39;s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., had to maneuver the Terra environmental spacecraft in late June to avoid orbital debris created by the Jan. 11 test of a  Chinese anti-satellite (A-Sat) weapon.
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A custom-built early warning radar  installed in an Israeli border town passed its first live test  on Wednesday, alerting residents to incoming Palestinian  rockets in time for them to take cover.
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A test of a missile defense system successfully intercepted a ballistic target, the U.S. military said on Saturday, a boost to development of an anti-missile shield program.
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Forget inflight internet, you want raygun missile dazzlers The US Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that it will mount testbed anti-missile defence kit on three airliners this year, in order to assess how it affects performance in the commercial aviation environment.â¦
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Tiny antennae focus infrared laser light down to 100 nanometers, providing a way for scientists to see cells at work.
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The first tests on hi-tech equipment that will be used to provide data on the current state of Arctic ice are successful.
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Flight tests of a laser-equipped Boeing Co. 747 showed its onboard systems can complete all steps needed to intercept a ballistic missile, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday.
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An experimental jet engine has been  successfully tested at speeds of up to 11,000 km (6,835 miles)  per hour, or 10 times the speed of sound, during trials in  Australia's outback, defense scientists said on Friday.
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The FBI, concerned that terrorists could use lasers as weapons, is investigating why laser beams were directed into the cockpits of commercial airliners six times over the last four days.
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Ultrashort-pulse lasers are poised to make a big splash in medical and other industries. Former AOL CEO Barry Schuler says he's leading the charge.
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The Russian military successfully test-fired a mobile version of its top-of-the line Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday, officials said.
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Pakistan's military successfully test-fired on Saturday a short-range range, nuclear-capable Hatf III Ghaznavi missile with a range of 290 km (180 miles).
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Tests on one of the world's largest optical telescopes have begun on the Canary Island of La Palma.