University of Maryland geosciences professors and NASA professors are using advanced technology installed on the international space station to conduct the global ecosystem dynamics survey (GEDI). Scientists measure the amount of carbon stored in forests by calculating the size and shape of individual trees using alasaer pointer imaging system 250 miles from earth. It is…
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The U.S. navy plans to install high-energy tactical laser weapons on destroyers by 2021
The U.S. navy will install the HELIOS weapon system on the arleigh burke IIA in 2021. Last year, lockheed Martin won a $150 million contract to develop two HELIOS systems, one for onshore testing and the second to equip navy destroyers. Under the navy’s navy surface shipboard lasaer pointer weapon system increment 1 program, the…
The United States is striving to become the first nation to militarize space
The us military wants to develop a space laser capable of destroying enemy weapons from orbit, us and British media reported recently. At the same time, the United States is striving to become the first nation to militarize space. Defense 1 reported that in its fiscal 2020 budget report, defense department officials presented the government…
Us conducts modeling and research on the interaction between laser and plasma
On March 28, the missile defense agency division of the U.S. department of defense at redstone Arsenal, ala., awarded a $8,272,568 cost-plus award to L3 applied technologies corp. to conduct modeling and experimental studies of lasaer pointer-plasma interactions. It is understood that the contract includes the basic work cycle clause, corresponding to the amount of…
LMT has developed a laser guided bullet that bends
Lockheed Martin (LMT) has developed a laser guided bullet that can “bend” The lasaer pointer-guided bullet has a more complex internal structure and is longer than ordinary bullets, about 10.16 cm. There are optical sensors at the front end of the missile body, which can be used to search and track laser guidance points of…
The us military has fitted armoured vehicles with laser-armed drones to guide laser cannons
According to foreign media reports, the us army is installing lasaer pointer weapons and hunter-killer unmanned aerial vehicle system from the stryker wheeled armored vehicle to give the platform new attack capability. General dynamics land systems, the U.S. manufacturer of stryker armored vehicles, has been testing the installation of an onboard integrated sensor-uav system. A…
Coherent wireless laser communication brings the earth closer to the stars
Wireless laser coherent communication has important applications in military and civil fields. Science and technology daily reporter recently learned from xi ‘an university of technology, China’s free space coherent optical communication research breakthrough. Ke xizheng, a professor at xi ‘an university of technology, led his research team to realize coherent lasaer pointer communication in 10…
New phonon lasers can be used in quantum physics
Researchers at the rochester institute of technology (RIT) and the university of rochester have developed a new phonon laser using laser tweezers developed by Nobel laureate Arthur Ashkin, foreign media reported. The researchers demonstrated a mesoscopic frequency tunable phonon lasaer pointer in which the centre-of-mass oscillations of sio2 nanospheres suspended in a vacuum in optical…
Velodyne laser radar sensor entered the aviation mapping market
Velodyne Lidar, which is based in monterrey, Mexico, recently announced that Techmake Solutions, S, a technology development company, is a Velodyne Lidar, maams consulting reported. A. The Velodyne lasaer pointer radar (LiDAR) sensor will be used in its Eagle X mapping and measurement system. Velodyne’s lightweight radar sensor delivers high-resolution imagery to the Eagle X…
The us air force has successfully shot down several missiles with laser weapons
The air force is getting closer to targets that use laser weapons to equip fighters, with testers at the white sands missile range successfully shooting down air-launched missiles using the SHiELD. While the SHiELD is currently a ground behemoth, the final technology is supposed to be portable and can be installed on aircraft to protect…