One of DARPA’s concerns is that Russia has allegedly developed a nuclear space-based, anti-satellite weapon that may be capable of blinding hundreds of satellites.

A standard microphone and audio amplifier are used to send the signals to the transmitter, which is just a typical garden-variety laser that ... to get this communications system up and running ...

Credit: Mynaric Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every ... makers continue to struggle with sourcing laser communication systems, along with propulsion and radiation ...

The U.S. Army says a powerful new laser weapon prototype is being developed to detect and destroy small unmanned aerial ...

Researchers working with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have been awarded a $1 million grant to ...

Axiom Space sees the Orbital Data Centers as having several defense applications, such as rapidly fusing data from ground and ...

Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news ... Difficulty acquiring propulsion systems, radiation-hardened components and laser communications systems continue to vex satellite ...

This laser communication system can deliver speeds up to 25 Gbps which makes it a good alternative to fiber-optics. Also, the company is planning to place the laser communication devices on ...

Beyond military applications, laser communication could also prove valuable ... WAT has also been developing laser weapon systems, successfully testing a Polish-built system that can destroy ...

Although the military has claimed that it succeeded in shooting down enemy “aircraft,” it is entirely possible that there may be just a single system and its mobility may be limited.